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Monday, June 22

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Massive Data Center Is Swallowing a Tiny PA Coal Town

J. Luciew, PennLive

Latino Voters Are Pennsylvania's 'Ultimate Swing Vote'

C. McElwee, CNN

Garrity on Potentially Being the First Female Gov of PA

Michelle Baruchman, Inquirer

ICE Planning to Sell, Give Away PA Warehouses

Brady Doran, ABC 27

Shapiro Calls for Inspection of ICE Facility

J. Vaughn, PennLive

Krasner Tried to Free a Convicted Murderer. A Court Stopped Him.

R. Mangual, CJ

Allegheny Council Members Could Get Benefits, Bigger Budget

J.Geanous, P-G

America at 250: A Different Kind of Revolution

Gene Pisasale, RealClearPennsylvania

Watchdog’s Elder Abuse Probe Remains Secret

Angela Couloumbis, Spotlight PA

PA Has High Special Ed Needs. What Fed Shifts Could Mean

B. Rodgers, Times

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

Videos

RNC Chair Talks Midterms During Philly Visit

Be Skeptical of Any Deal With Iran, Sen. McCormick Says

Voters Voice Concerns Before the PA Primary

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to see more funding for public transportation

USA Energy Affordability Map

Click on a state to learn more energy facts.

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.

Essential Reading

Teaching the Declaration Starts at the Archives

Every generation inherits the Declaration of Independence and its promises.

Jefferson and the Declaration

Anytime I teach the Declaration of Independence, I find that the most important question to cover is one that is not actually mentioned in the document itself: slavery.

In the News

Michael Auslin, Jack Miller Center

The Living Declaration
John C. Pinheiro, Law & Liberty

A Failure of Vision

Multimedia

America at 250: A Conversation with Peggy Noonan

Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin

The Long Road to Juneteenth

Podcasts

More Criminals Using Teens to Move Guns

Claudia Dimuro, PennLive

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

Massive Data Center Is Swallowing a Tiny PA Coal Town

J. Luciew, PennLive

Latino Voters Are Pennsylvania's 'Ultimate Swing Vote'

C. McElwee, CNN

Garrity on Potentially Being the First Female Gov of PA

Michelle Baruchman, Inquirer

Pennsylvania voters have never elected a woman as governor or U.S. senator. With Stacy Garrity running for governor, could the tide change? Read More

ICE Planning to Sell, Give Away PA Warehouses

Brady Doran, ABC 27

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Shapiro Calls for Inspection of ICE Facility

J. Vaughn, PennLive

Krasner Tried to Free a Convicted Murderer. A Court Stopped Him.

R. Mangual, CJ

The justices delivered a stunning rebuke to Philadelphia’s progressive prosecutor. Read More

Allegheny Council Members Could Get Benefits, Bigger Budget

J.Geanous, P-G

For the framers of Allegheny County’s new form of government, the citizen legislature they were creating would bring ordinary people into... Read More

America at 250: A Different Kind of Revolution

Gene Pisasale, RealClearPennsylvania

“…everything tending to establish substantial and permanent order, in the affairs of a country, to increase the total mass of industry…... Read More

Watchdog’s Elder Abuse Probe Remains Secret

Angela Couloumbis, Spotlight PA

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office says such reports are “confidential,” even though his predecessors have released them. Read More

PA Has High Special Ed Needs. What Fed Shifts Could Mean

B. Rodgers, Times

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