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What PA’s Battle Over Climate Change Can Teach the Nation
Oliver Bateman, RCI
Shapiro Proposes $53.2B State Budget
McGoldrick et al., Inquirer
How Spark Co-founder Helped PA Land Eli Lilly Project
J. George, PBJ
Gov: He’ll Prevent Data Center Developers From ‘Saddling’ PA
Erin McCarthy, Inq
Shapiro Wants to Start Talks Now on Extra Transit Funding
Ed Blazina, Post-Gazette
Deluzio Presses ICE After Oakmont Arrest
Deto & Suttles, Axios
Why Philly DA Larry Krasner Keeps Picking Political Fights
Isaac Avilucea, Axios
Nonprofit: Gov Should Pass Bill On Trans Ban in Women Sports
J.D. Prose, PNLV
Shapiro Omits Details About Time as AG in Memoir
Angela Couloumbis, Spotlight PA
Shapiro Takes New Approach in Min Wage Conversation
Sean Kitchen, Keystone
Minneapolis or Nashville--Which Path Will Philly Choose?
G. Ciarrocchi, B+L
PA Politicians Must Not Let National Politics Delay Budget
Editorial Board, P-G

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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PA GOP Congressman Slams State Leaders Over ICE Policies
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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
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

What PA’s Battle Over Climate Change Can Teach the Nation

Oliver Bateman, RCI

The Republican leader of Pennsylvania's state Senate saluted his allies in labor earlier this month after their successful, years-long effort... Read More

Shapiro Proposes $53.2B State Budget

McGoldrick et al., Inquirer

Shapiro’s pitch is likely to set him up for another budget fight with Senate Republicans, who control the chamber and have promised fiscal... Read More

How Spark Co-founder Helped PA Land Eli Lilly Project

J. George, PBJ

Gov: He’ll Prevent Data Center Developers From ‘Saddling’ PA

Erin McCarthy, Inq

Pennsylvania and New Jersey lawmakers have other ideas on how to keep residents from subsidizing power-hungry data centers, proposed across... Read More

Shapiro Wants to Start Talks Now on Extra Transit Funding

Ed Blazina, Post-Gazette

After running into strong opposition the past two years to increasing the state subsidy for transit, Gov. Josh Shapiro is providing a longer... Read More

Deluzio Presses ICE After Oakmont Arrest

Deto & Suttles, Axios

Why Philly DA Larry Krasner Keeps Picking Political Fights

Isaac Avilucea, Axios

Nonprofit: Gov Should Pass Bill On Trans Ban in Women Sports

J.D. Prose, PNLV

The ad campaign will feature billboards and radio spots featuring former Penn swimmer Paula Scanlan, who competed with trans athlete Lia... Read More

Shapiro Omits Details About Time as AG in Memoir

Angela Couloumbis, Spotlight PA

In his new memoir, Shapiro touts himself as someone who can bridge the uncomfortable divide between law and order and criminal justice reform. Read More

Shapiro Takes New Approach in Min Wage Conversation

Sean Kitchen, Keystone

Minneapolis or Nashville--Which Path Will Philly Choose?

G. Ciarrocchi, B+L

PA Politicians Must Not Let National Politics Delay Budget

Editorial Board, P-G

Fewer than three months after last year’s Pennsylvania state budget negotiations ended, this year’s budget process began yesterday with... 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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