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Will an Old PA Coal Town Get a Reboot From AI?
Audrey Carleton, Capital & Main
Garrity: Rural PA Could House Data Centers for AI Growth
J. White, WVIA
Garrity: 'Josh Shapiro Has Made Pennsylvania Mediocre'
S. Ulrich, PoliticsPA
Meta Taps Dina Powell McCormick as President, Vice Chairman
S. Fischer, Axios
Two Dems Seek to Unseat Republican Kuzma
Tom Riese, WESA
How Tiburcio Became Dems’ Key to Keeping PA House Majority
L. Weber, MCall
A Q&A with Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa
Harrison Cann, City & State PA
Shapiro Raises $400K in Early Days of Re-election Campaign
B. Kail, Post-Gazette
Inside the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Epic Meltdown
Robert Huber, Phila Magazine
In Defense of Newspapers
Editorial Board, Post-Gazette
A Montco Office that’s ‘Outlived DOGE’
Fallon Roth, Inquirer
Gen Z Has Entered Philadelphia City Hall
Asha Prihar, Inquirer
How Philly's Sheriff Put the City in Trump's Immigration Crosshairs
Staff, Axios
How Human Remains Are Legally Bought and Sold
DaniRae Renno, PennLive
Pittsburgh Developments to Watch in 2026
Chrissy Suttles, Axios

Research

Working Class Voters' Role in the 2024 PA Election
Clark, P. F. , Sagepub
PA Voters Bridge Divide in Polling® Event
Deliberative Democracy Lab, Stanford
New UCLA Data: Latino Voters in PA Could Sway Election
Phan et al., UCLA
PA Ed. Funding Reached $22,000 Per Student
E. Aymond, Commonwealth Foundation

More From Real Clear

Gov. Shapiro and UT Gov. Cox on State of Politics
Trump Heads to PA to Tout Affordability Push
Sen. Fetterman Says We Need to Talk to Each Other More
Deadly Shooting at Indiana University in PA

USA Energy Affordability Map

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Essential Reading

May Aliens Be Deported Based on Their Speech?
The answer, oddly, isn't settled.
The COVID-era Smearing—and Resurrection—of Trump NIH Appointee Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Bhattacharya’s path from health policy scholar to NIH director nominee is pockmarked with craters from missiles launched to destroy his scientific credibility by NIH leaders and their minions in academia.

In the News

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Zuckerberg Ending Censorship on Facebook: "The Fact-Checkers Have Just Been Too Politically Biased"
John Kerry Tells WEF: Our First Amendment Stands As A Major Block Against Hammering Disinformation Out of Existence
House Committee Rips State Department Over Censorship

American Civics

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David McCullough and the Study of History
One of the greatest weeks of my life was the week David McCullough came to teach a one-credit course at Hillsdale College in 2006.
Liberal Education as Civic Education
At the heart of the Western intellectual tradition is the claim that the liberal arts aim to make a man free.

In the News

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Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin
The Long Road to Juneteenth
Lincoln’s Prophetic Statesmanship with Edward Erler

Podcasts

The Future of America's Shipbuilding Is in Philadelphia
Michael Graham, DV Journal
Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?
John Prideaux, The Economist
Shapiro: Here’s Why Harris Is On Track to Win
Greg Sargent, The New Republic
Why The Candidates Are Investing Time Into Pennsylvania
Sarah McCammon, NPR

Will an Old PA Coal Town Get a Reboot From AI?

Audrey Carleton, Capital & Main

Homer City embraces the prospect of jobs but worries the profits and power from a new gas plant will flow to faraway tech companies. Read More

Garrity: Rural PA Could House Data Centers for AI Growth

J. White, WVIA

State Treasurer Stacy Garrity, the Republican Party’s endorsed challenger to Gov. Josh Shapiro in this year’s election, suggested Monday... Read More

Garrity: 'Josh Shapiro Has Made Pennsylvania Mediocre'

S. Ulrich, PoliticsPA

Meta Taps Dina Powell McCormick as President, Vice Chairman

S. Fischer, Axios

Two Dems Seek to Unseat Republican Kuzma

Tom Riese, WESA

Two Democrats who ran for Allegheny County Council last year have entered the race to unseat state House Republican Andrew Kuzma in the 39th... Read More

How Tiburcio Became Dems’ Key to Keeping PA House Majority

L. Weber, MCall

Ana Tiburcio, the Democrats’ new hand-selected candidate for the special election in House District 22, said she is “still surprised”... Read More

A Q&A with Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa

Harrison Cann, City & State PA

The Democratic leader in the Senate discusses lessons learned from last year and 2026 priorities Read More

Shapiro Raises $400K in Early Days of Re-election Campaign

B. Kail, Post-Gazette

Gov. Josh Shapiro raised more than $400,000 in the first two days after officially launching his long-expected re-election bid in Pittsburgh,... Read More

Inside the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Epic Meltdown

Robert Huber, Phila Magazine

The exclusive story behind the brutal ouster of Sasha Suda and the new civil war at Philadelphia’s premier cultural institution Read More

In Defense of Newspapers

Editorial Board, Post-Gazette

There are seven types of legislation under the City of Pittsburgh’s Home Rule Charter, including passing budgets and tax increases, that... Read More

A Montco Office that’s ‘Outlived DOGE’

Fallon Roth, Inquirer

Montgomery County's Office of Innovation, Strategy, and Performance helped the county identify $14 million in savings this past year. Read More

Gen Z Has Entered Philadelphia City Hall

Asha Prihar, Inquirer

Spotlight PA spoke to four incoming young mayors, all of of whom have yet to reach 30, about their ambitions, their platforms, and what drew... Read More

How Philly's Sheriff Put the City in Trump's Immigration Crosshairs

Staff, Axios

How Human Remains Are Legally Bought and Sold

DaniRae Renno, PennLive

A Lancaster County man was recently arrested for stealing bodies from graves, but there is a legal market for human remains. Read More

Pittsburgh Developments to Watch in 2026

Chrissy Suttles, Axios

Research

Working Class Voters' Role in the 2024 PA Election

Clark, P. F. , Sagepub

On election day 2024, the headline for CBS News was “Pennsylvania is the top prize among battleground states.” Political experts... Read More

PA Voters Bridge Divide in Polling® Event

Deliberative Democracy Lab, Stanford

America in One Room: Pennsylvania brings together a representative sample of registered Pennsylvania voters for a statewide Deliberative Poll... Read More

New UCLA Data: Latino Voters in PA Could Sway Election

Phan et al., UCLA

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) released a new data brief on Latino eligible voters in Pennsylvania, marking the... Read More

PA Ed. Funding Reached $22,000 Per Student

E. Aymond, Commonwealth Foundation

Harrisburg, Pa., May 21, 2024 — Pennsylvania per-student spending increased to $21,985 in the 2022–23 school year, according to... Read More

More From Real Clear

Gov. Shapiro and UT Gov. Cox on State of Politics
Trump Heads to PA to Tout Affordability Push
Sen. Fetterman Says We Need to Talk to Each Other More
Deadly Shooting at Indiana University in PA

USA Energy Affordability Map

Click on a state to learn more energy facts.

> 50% 40-55% 30-40% 20-30% 10-20% AK HI AZ UT CO NE OK MS AL GA NC VA NJ RI DE MD CT MA VT ME NY IA ND WI OH KY IL TN SC IN PA NH WV MI MN OR WA CA NV MT WY NM TX FL LA AR SD MO KS ID

Censorship

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Essential Reading

May Aliens Be Deported Based on Their Speech?
The answer, oddly, isn't settled.
The COVID-era Smearing—and Resurrection—of Trump NIH Appointee Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Bhattacharya’s path from health policy scholar to NIH director nominee is pockmarked with craters from missiles launched to destroy his scientific credibility by NIH leaders and their minions in academia.

In the News

Multimedia

Zuckerberg Ending Censorship on Facebook: "The Fact-Checkers Have Just Been Too Politically Biased"
John Kerry Tells WEF: Our First Amendment Stands As A Major Block Against Hammering Disinformation Out of Existence
House Committee Rips State Department Over Censorship

American Civics

Sponsored Curation Powered By:

Essential Reading

David McCullough and the Study of History
One of the greatest weeks of my life was the week David McCullough came to teach a one-credit course at Hillsdale College in 2006.
Liberal Education as Civic Education
At the heart of the Western intellectual tradition is the claim that the liberal arts aim to make a man free.

In the News

Multimedia

Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin
The Long Road to Juneteenth
Lincoln’s Prophetic Statesmanship with Edward Erler

Podcasts

The Future of America's Shipbuilding Is in Philadelphia

Michael Graham, DV Journal

With the issues of trade and energy policy front and center in American politics, Jeff Vogel joins the Delaware Valley Journal podcast to... Read More

Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?

John Prideaux, The Economist

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week our hosts travel to the state most likely to decide the election Read More

Shapiro: Here’s Why Harris Is On Track to Win

Greg Sargent, The New Republic

As polls show a tight race in Pennsylvania, which Trump cannot lose, Governor Josh Shapiro explains why he thinks Kamala Harris is on her way... Read More

Why The Candidates Are Investing Time Into Pennsylvania

Sarah McCammon, NPR

NPR tracked where the candidates are investing the most travel time and money. Unsurprisingly, the most competitive states are receiving the... Read More

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