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A PA Town Planned 51 Walmarts Worth of Data Centers
Tim Craig, Washington Post
Pittsburgh Can Choose to Look This Nice All the Time
B. McGinley, Post-Gazette
Rep. Fitzpatrick Thinks Shapiro Should Run for President
Fallon Roth, Inquirer
Soaring Stock Market Doesn’t Mean Economy Has Recovered
Mark Zandi, Inquirer
Many Pittsburgh Businesses Lost Business During Draft
Hallie Lauer, Post-Gazette
PA Unions Spend Your Taxes to Pick Your Politicians
David Osborne, The Mercury
Sen. Fetterman Pushes for SNAP Chicken Change
Editorial, Tribune-Review
Meet 2 PA Independents Who Can’t Vote in the Primary
Kate Huangpu, Spotlight PA
Republican Group Says PA is a 2026 State Legislative Target
Linda Stein, B+L

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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John Prideaux, The Economist
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Greg Sargent, The New Republic

A PA Town Planned 51 Walmarts Worth of Data Centers

Tim Craig, Washington Post

Developers plan to build six sprawling data center campuses in Archbald, Pennsylvania, covering about 14 percent of the town’s land.... Read More

Pittsburgh Can Choose to Look This Nice All the Time

B. McGinley, Post-Gazette

It’s Draft Eve as I write this, and Downtown feels like a Pacific beach before a tsunami rolls in: It’s weirdly vacant as it waits for a... Read More

Rep. Fitzpatrick Thinks Shapiro Should Run for President

Fallon Roth, Inquirer

The Bucks County Republican also praised John Fetterman as a "good, effective senator" and talked about Phillies slugger Bryce Harper in an... Read More

Soaring Stock Market Doesn’t Mean Economy Has Recovered

Mark Zandi, Inquirer

Consumer sentiment is lagging despite a record stock market. Small-business owners, meanwhile, appear nervous but not panicked, writes... Read More

Many Pittsburgh Businesses Lost Business During Draft

Hallie Lauer, Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh’s NFL Draft hosted record-breaking crowds over the three-day event, but many local small businesses said their sales were lower... Read More

PA Unions Spend Your Taxes to Pick Your Politicians

David Osborne, The Mercury

What if I told you that your tax dollars fund political campaigns that you probably didn’t vote for? Unwittingly, taxpayers have been... Read More

Sen. Fetterman Pushes for SNAP Chicken Change

Editorial, Tribune-Review

Chickens are not inherently political, but they can be dragged into politics clucking and crowing. French King Henry IV is believed to be the... Read More

Meet 2 PA Independents Who Can’t Vote in the Primary

Kate Huangpu, Spotlight PA

Primary elections pick the winner in many Pennsylvania districts, and independent voters don’t get a say. Read More

Republican Group Says PA is a 2026 State Legislative Target

Linda Stein, B+L

The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) is bullish on Pennsylvania.  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

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to see more funding for public transportation
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

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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