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How PA Voters Feel About Trump, Fetterman, Iran War
J.D. Prose, PennLive
With Shapiro in Strong Shape, Gov Race Shifts To Solid D
M. Klein, Cook Political
Parker’s New Budget Plan Includes Fees on Uber, Amazon
Walsh & Orso, Inquirer
Cognetti Blasts Bresnahan in Congressional Campaign
Borys Krawczeniuk, WVIA
Pittsburgh’s Pivot from Ideology to Pragmatism
Salena Zito, WaPo
Pittsburgh Prepares for Its Draft Day Close Up
Editorial Board, Post-Gazette
House Committee Advanced Proposals Unlikely to Become Law
G. McGoldrick, Inq
Stelson Targets Perry, Unveils Anti-Corruption Agenda
Steve Ulrich, Politics PA
Ala Stanford Gets $1.4M Boost from National Super Pac
Anna Orso, Inquirer
Deluzio Stakes Out Leadership Role Among Elected Iraq Vets
Sam Janesch, P-G
Fetterman Calls Trump's Criticism of Mail-in Voting 'Ridiculous'
F. Tanyos, CBS
Garrity Calls On Shapiro To Secure Elections
Steve Ulrich, Politics PA

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

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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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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

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Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin
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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
Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?
John Prideaux, The Economist
Shapiro: Here’s Why Harris Is On Track to Win
Greg Sargent, The New Republic

How PA Voters Feel About Trump, Fetterman, Iran War

J.D. Prose, PennLive

With Shapiro in Strong Shape, Gov Race Shifts To Solid D

M. Klein, Cook Political

Parker’s New Budget Plan Includes Fees on Uber, Amazon

Walsh & Orso, Inquirer

After Parker delivers her budget address, City Council will hold hearings on her proposal and negotiate with the administration over... Read More

Cognetti Blasts Bresnahan in Congressional Campaign

Borys Krawczeniuk, WVIA

Democratic congressional candidate Paige Cognetti said U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan lies and behaves corruptly regarding stock trading. A... Read More

Pittsburgh’s Pivot from Ideology to Pragmatism

Salena Zito, WaPo

Pittsburgh Prepares for Its Draft Day Close Up

Editorial Board, Post-Gazette

It will be tempting for Pittsburgh’s civic leaders to see the NFL Draft, scheduled for April 23 to 25, as an ending — that is, as the... Read More

House Committee Advanced Proposals Unlikely to Become Law

G. McGoldrick, Inq

Democratic members of a key House committee described the sweeping package as an effort to modernize Pennsylvania’s laws, while Republicans... Read More

Stelson Targets Perry, Unveils Anti-Corruption Agenda

Steve Ulrich, Politics PA

Ala Stanford Gets $1.4M Boost from National Super Pac

Anna Orso, Inquirer

The super PAC, called 314 Action Fund, is a progressive organization that backs “pro-science” candidates and recruits doctors to run for... Read More

Deluzio Stakes Out Leadership Role Among Elected Iraq Vets

Sam Janesch, P-G

WASHINGTON — By the time Chris Deluzio first arrived in Iraq, the pretext for the war had faded away long beforehand. It was 2009, years... Read More

Fetterman Calls Trump's Criticism of Mail-in Voting 'Ridiculous'

F. Tanyos, CBS

Garrity Calls On Shapiro To Secure Elections

Steve Ulrich, Politics PA

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

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

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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