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The Importance of PA's Special House Elections
Matt Zupon, RealClearPennsylvania
Fetterman, McCormick Discuss Bipartisan Relationship
Avani Kalra, Spotlight PA
Pittsburgh’s Permanent (and Incomplete) Transformation
Oliver Bateman, RCPA
Former Skill Game Executive Guilty of Money Laundering
Peter Hall, PA Capital-Star
Why is Shapiro Picking Sides in Lehigh Valley?
Victor J Martinez, The Morning Call
Pennsylvania Eyes Changes on Swipe Fees for Credit Cards
Tom Lehman, WGAL
Shapiro Endorses Scranton Mayor Cognetti for Congress
George Stockburger, Abc27
Mark Pinsley on His Bid for PA-07
Stephanie Sigafoos, LehighValleyNews.com
Fire at a PA Hospital Forces Evacuation
Leah Willingham, AP News
Pa. House Panel Approves Limits to Sunshine Act Exceptions
Peter Hall, WESA
PA is a Warehouse Power – There Are Downsides
Jensen Toussaint, BucksCo.Today
Court Weighs Who Owns PA’s Digitized History
Angela Couloumbis, Spotlight PA
Who is Funding Philly’s Crowded Race for Congress
Anna Orso | Joe Yerardi, Inquirer
Greenberg Case Shows Failure of PA’s Transparency Law
Editorial, Broad + Liberty

Research

PA Voters Bridge Divide in Polling® Event
Deliberative Democracy Lab, Stanford
Working Class Voters' Role in the 2024 PA Election
Clark, P. F. , Sagepub
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

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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.

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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.

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Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin
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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

The Importance of PA's Special House Elections

Matt Zupon, RealClearPennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, five distinct geographical pockets will partake in a historic changing-of-hands. Due to the resignation of five state... Read More

Fetterman, McCormick Discuss Bipartisan Relationship

Avani Kalra, Spotlight PA

The Republican and Democrat from a politically important purple state represent one of only three split states by party in the Senate. Read More

Pittsburgh’s Permanent (and Incomplete) Transformation

Oliver Bateman, RCPA

On May 28, 2009, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs tried to sell reporters on a curious choice of host city for a global summit. The... Read More

Former Skill Game Executive Guilty of Money Laundering

Peter Hall, PA Capital-Star

Pace-O-Matic compliance director Ricky Goodling took kickbacks from illegal gambling machine operators. Read More

Why is Shapiro Picking Sides in Lehigh Valley?

Victor J Martinez, The Morning Call

Opinion: Endorsing a candidate who has not built meaningful relationships in the district sends the wrong message. Read More

Pennsylvania Eyes Changes on Swipe Fees for Credit Cards

Tom Lehman, WGAL

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering legislation to prevent credit card companies from charging swipe fees on the sales tax portion of... Read More

Shapiro Endorses Scranton Mayor Cognetti for Congress

George Stockburger, Abc27

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has made his latest endorsement in the 2026 midterms, throwing his support behind Scranton Mayor Paige... Read More

Mark Pinsley on His Bid for PA-07

Stephanie Sigafoos, LehighValleyNews.com

Appearing on this week's Lehigh Valley Political Pulse with host Tom Shortell, Pinsley framed his campaign around what he described as... Read More

Fire at a PA Hospital Forces Evacuation

Leah Willingham, AP News

Emergency crews battled a blaze and evacuated patients from a northeastern Pennsylvania hospital after a fire broke out. Read More

Pa. House Panel Approves Limits to Sunshine Act Exceptions

Peter Hall, WESA

The legislation, which has yet to go before the full House, would amend the Sunshine Act to limit the types of matters an agency could... Read More

PA is a Warehouse Power – There Are Downsides

Jensen Toussaint, BucksCo.Today

Due to an e-commerce boom, Pennsylvania has become a warehouse and logistics powerhouse, but some local communities are rising against the... Read More

Court Weighs Who Owns PA’s Digitized History

Angela Couloumbis, Spotlight PA

PA’s Commonwealth Court is considering a case that could determine whether digitized historical records belong to the public or are... Read More

Who is Funding Philly’s Crowded Race for Congress

Anna Orso | Joe Yerardi, Inquirer

The race has yet to attract much money from political action committees or from donors outside the region. But that may change. Read More

Greenberg Case Shows Failure of PA’s Transparency Law

Editorial, Broad + Liberty

Greenberg, as you probably know, was a 27-year-old first-grade teacher who was found dead in a Philadelphia apartment she shared with her... Read More

Research

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

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

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

PA GOP Congressman Slams State Leaders Over ICE Policies
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

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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