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Data Centers Are a Repeat of History in PA’s Coal Region
Jake Wynn, RealClearPA
Dem Ward Leaders Endorse Street for Congress
Sean Walsh, Inquirer
Who’s Funding Lehigh Valley’s Congressional Race?
Lindsay Weber, Morning Call
Luzerne Co. GOP Blasts NEPA Republicans Leader
Borys Krawczeniuk, WVIA
Security Fence Sparks Dueling Lawsuits Between Gov, Neighbors
Staff, Inquirer
Trump Policy Shift Drives ICE Detentions in Pittsburgh
Chrissy Suttles, Axios
The Gap Between Renting and Owning in Philly
Sparber & Avilucea, Axios
Lehigh Co. Commissioner Switches from R to I
Robert Orenstein, Armchair LV
Former PGH Mayor Lands Role on Gaming Control Board
Hallie Lauer, Post-Gazette
PA's New CIO Leans Into Digital Services Experience
Keely Quinlan, StateScoop
Part-time Gov. Shapiro Promotes Cotton Candy Budget
G. Ciarrocchi, B+L
Cumberland Co. Borough’s Residents Don’t Want ICE in Home
D. Renno, PennLive
Dem Candidate Is 'Sick' of Stock Trading. He Also Owns Stocks.
Staff, NOTUS
The Marc Fogel Story
Paula Reed Ward, Tribune-Review
Obamacare Did Not Lower Costs. Time for a Better Approach.
N. Benefield, RCPA
Brandywine Realty Trust Plans to Sell $300M of Its Office Portfolio
Staff, PBJ

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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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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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

Data Centers Are a Repeat of History in PA’s Coal Region

Jake Wynn, RealClearPA

By the 1920s, Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region was already living with the consequences of decisions made far from its towns and patch... Read More

Dem Ward Leaders Endorse Street for Congress

Sean Walsh, Inquirer

The endorsement comes as no surprise, given Street’s connections. But it strengthens his status as the favorite among political insiders. Read More

Who’s Funding Lehigh Valley’s Congressional Race?

Lindsay Weber, Morning Call

The race is considered one of the most competitive in the country and could determine which party has control of the House of Representatives... Read More

Luzerne Co. GOP Blasts NEPA Republicans Leader

Borys Krawczeniuk, WVIA

Luzerne County Republican Party Chairperson Lee Ann McDermott rips NEPA Republicans President T.J. Fitzgerald for a 'repeated pattern of... Read More

Security Fence Sparks Dueling Lawsuits Between Gov, Neighbors

Staff, Inquirer

Their neighbors in Abington Township, Jeremy and Simone Mock, accuse the governor and his wife, Lori Shapiro, of illegally occupying part of... Read More

Trump Policy Shift Drives ICE Detentions in Pittsburgh

Chrissy Suttles, Axios

The Gap Between Renting and Owning in Philly

Sparber & Avilucea, Axios

Lehigh Co. Commissioner Switches from R to I

Robert Orenstein, Armchair LV

Lehigh County Commissioner Ron W. Read More

Former PGH Mayor Lands Role on Gaming Control Board

Hallie Lauer, Post-Gazette

Just over a month after leaving office, former Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is returning to Pennsylvania politics with his new position on the... Read More

PA's New CIO Leans Into Digital Services Experience

Keely Quinlan, StateScoop

Bryanna Pardoe, who took over as Pennsylvania's CIO last October after serving as head of the Commonwealth Office of Digital Experience, said... Read More

Part-time Gov. Shapiro Promotes Cotton Candy Budget

G. Ciarrocchi, B+L

Cumberland Co. Borough’s Residents Don’t Want ICE in Home

D. Renno, PennLive

Last month, Mount Holly Springs Borough Council voted to apply for ICE's 287(g) program. Read More

Dem Candidate Is 'Sick' of Stock Trading. He Also Owns Stocks.

Staff, NOTUS

Bob Brooks’ financial disclosures show he and his wife own dozens of individual stocks. His campaign says they would give them up if he’s... Read More

The Marc Fogel Story

Paula Reed Ward, Tribune-Review

For months, Marc Fogel had just been going through the motions of his captivity in the Russian prison system more than 5,000 miles from his... Read More

Obamacare Did Not Lower Costs. Time for a Better Approach.

N. Benefield, RCPA

After more than a decade dealing with the so-called Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”), Americans are still struggling with rising... Read More

Brandywine Realty Trust Plans to Sell $300M of Its Office Portfolio

Staff, PBJ

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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