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The War on Fentanyl Is Working, But It’s Not Over
David McCormick, RCPA
Environmentalists and Coal Test Shapiro's Banalancing Act
A. Seidman, Inquirer
PA Man Sentenced for Threatening to Kill, Skin Poll Worker
J.D. Prose, PennLive
Adequacy Funds Are at the Center of PA Ed Budget Debate
J. Forstadt, 90.5 WESA
Pennsylvania Businesses Seek Tariff Refunds
Whitney Downard, WITF
UPenn Must Comply With Antisemitism Investigation
Staff, Washington Examiner
UPenn Must Give Agency Lists of Jewish Faculty
Daniel Wiessner, Reuters
PA Senate Hired Ex-Staffer as Outside Lawyer
Tirzah Christopher, Pennlive
PA House Legal Spending Less Transparent Than Senate
T. Christopher, Pennlive
Meet the PA Man Who Hunts Meteorites for a Living
A. Whelan, Spokesman-Review
PA Lags on Forfeiture Reforms as Philadelphia Improves
Isaac Avilucea, Axios
How Would You Spend Philly's $7 Billion Budget?
Charmaine Runes, Inquirer
Cases Highlight Flaws in Involuntary Commitment
Linda Stein, Broad + Liberty
McCormick Wants More NIH Funding
John Cole, The Center Square

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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Censorship

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The answer, oddly, isn't settled.
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Zuckerberg Ending Censorship on Facebook: "The Fact-Checkers Have Just Been Too Politically Biased"
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House Committee Rips State Department Over Censorship

American Civics

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America’s Civic Values Outweigh its Divisions
Americans of all backgrounds overwhelmingly support a core set of legal and constitutional obligations.
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.

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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

The War on Fentanyl Is Working, But It’s Not Over

David McCormick, RCPA

No one has taught me more about the curse of fentanyl than my friend Blair County Sheriff Jim Ott. Jim lost his 33-year-old son Josh to... Read More

Environmentalists and Coal Test Shapiro's Banalancing Act

A. Seidman, Inquirer

A fight over a coal mining project offers a window into how Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who is seeking reelection this fall, is navigating... Read More

PA Man Sentenced for Threatening to Kill, Skin Poll Worker

J.D. Prose, PennLive

According to a statement from U.S. Attorney Tony Rivetti in Pittsburgh, the poll worker, a regional election integrity director, posted... Read More

Adequacy Funds Are at the Center of PA Ed Budget Debate

J. Forstadt, 90.5 WESA

Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) said lawmakers should soon begin to assess the return on their investment. Read More

Pennsylvania Businesses Seek Tariff Refunds

Whitney Downard, WITF

This story was originally published by the Pennsylvania Capital Star. The Bunyaad Marketplace in Lititz, where colorful, hand-knotted carpets... Read More

UPenn Must Comply With Antisemitism Investigation

Staff, Washington Examiner

The order was issued due to an investigation into the University of Pennsylvania regarding antisemitism experienced by its Jewish employees. Read More

UPenn Must Give Agency Lists of Jewish Faculty

Daniel Wiessner, Reuters

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the University of Pennsylvania to comply with a U.S. civil rights agency's subpoena seeking information on... Read More

PA Senate Hired Ex-Staffer as Outside Lawyer

Tirzah Christopher, Pennlive

The Pennsylvania House and Senate have hired at least 70 private attorneys in recent years, but only one has done double duty — working... Read More

PA House Legal Spending Less Transparent Than Senate

T. Christopher, Pennlive

Employees who work for the state House have access to taxpayer-funded attorneys costing up to $1,150 per hour — but there are no... Read More

Meet the PA Man Who Hunts Meteorites for a Living

A. Whelan, Spokesman-Review

PHILADELPHIA -- Brett Joseph Cohen was manning the only meteorite stall at the Philadelphia Mineralogical Society‘s annual trade show... Read More

PA Lags on Forfeiture Reforms as Philadelphia Improves

Isaac Avilucea, Axios

Pennsylvania remains among dozens of states with weak civil forfeiture protections, although Philadelphia has made some reforms to curtail... Read More

How Would You Spend Philly's $7 Billion Budget?

Charmaine Runes, Inquirer

Can you fund departments and greenlight projects while balancing the books and your approval rating? Play our city budgeting game. Read More

Cases Highlight Flaws in Involuntary Commitment

Linda Stein, Broad + Liberty

Is it too easy to involuntarily commit someone to a mental institution in Pennsylvania? Some people think so, but the state legislature is... Read More

McCormick Wants More NIH Funding

John Cole, The Center Square

(The Center Square) – During a visit to Penn Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alongside National Institutes of Health Director... 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

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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

America’s Civic Values Outweigh its Divisions
Americans of all backgrounds overwhelmingly support a core set of legal and constitutional obligations.
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.

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

More Criminals Using Teens to Move Guns

Claudia Dimuro, PennLive

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

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