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The Draft Pittsburgh Needs
Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Trump, Shapiro, McCormick Applaud Coal Plants Decision
John Cole, Center Square
PA Senate Passes Bill To Protect Fairness In Women’s Sports
S. Ulrich, Politicspa
U.S. House Democrats From PA Cool to Fetterman Reelection
J.D. Prose, PennLive
City Council Members Tell School Board to Not Close Schools
K. Graham, Inquirer
Four Dems Hope to Rep Philly’s 3rd District
Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, WHYY
Fetterman Receives No Support from PA House Democrats
Staff, New York Post
Probst, Hartenfels Running in 189th
M. Augugliaro, Pocono Record
Your Guide to the Lieutenant Governor Candidates
Jaxon White, Spotlight PA
Pennsylvania Unions Know That Money Talks
Linda Stein, Broad + Liberty
Key PA Senator Says Oversight Vital to Legalizing Pot
Ford Turner, 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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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"
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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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Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin
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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 Draft Pittsburgh Needs

Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

It’s been nearly two years since Steelers president Art Rooney II, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, then-Mayor Ed Gainey and a variety of... Read More

Trump, Shapiro, McCormick Applaud Coal Plants Decision

John Cole, Center Square

(The Center Square) – A pair of coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania will continue operating for a few more years in an announcement... Read More

PA Senate Passes Bill To Protect Fairness In Women’s Sports

S. Ulrich, Politicspa

By a 30-17 vote, the Pennsylvania State Senate passed S.B. 1293 that provides for sport activities in public institutions of higher education... Read More

U.S. House Democrats From PA Cool to Fetterman Reelection

J.D. Prose, PennLive

Sen. John Fetterman’s fractured relationship with Pennsylvania Democrats apparently extends to his colleagues in the U.S. House.  Read More

City Council Members Tell School Board to Not Close Schools

K. Graham, Inquirer

City Council members and state lawmakers gathered at Lankenau High School to protest a plan to close it and 16 other schools and said the... Read More

Four Dems Hope to Rep Philly’s 3rd District

Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, WHYY

The four remaining candidates agree on more than they don’t, but there are differences on some key issues important to Philly voters. Read More

Fetterman Receives No Support from PA House Democrats

Staff, New York Post

Sen. John Fetterman has received no support from Pennsylvania Democrats for his re-election bid. Read More

Probst, Hartenfels Running in 189th

M. Augugliaro, Pocono Record

The 189th District will see its Democratic state representative and a Republican challenger run unopposed in their respective primaries. Read More

Your Guide to the Lieutenant Governor Candidates

Jaxon White, Spotlight PA

Austin Davis is the only Democrat on the May 19 lieutenant governor primary ballot. Jason Richey and John Ventre are competing Republicans. Read More

Pennsylvania Unions Know That Money Talks

Linda Stein, Broad + Liberty

The Commonwealth Foundation has released a study on trade union and government union PAC money that flowed to Pennsylvania politicians in... Read More

Key PA Senator Says Oversight Vital to Legalizing Pot

Ford Turner, The Center Square

(The Center Square) - Bipartisan discussions are continuing on the concept of a seven-member Cannabis Control Board which would oversee the... 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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