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Voters in Key PA Swing District Weigh In on Trump
Jonathan Allen, NBC News
Fetterman’s Support for Trump’s War on Iran Fires Up Critics
J.D. Prose, PennLive
The AI Boom Has Plunged a Small PA Town Into Chaos
Rebecca McCarthy, Grist
The Scrappy Mayor Showing Dems How It’s Done
Michelle Cottle, New York Times
Our Final War for Independence
Gene Pisasale, RealClearPennsylvania
AI Political Ads Are Here in PA
Alton Northup, ABC 27
Chubb Sells Historic Philly Office to NYC Developer
Jake Blumgart, Inquirer
Pennsylvania Is Losing Businesses and Workers
Megan Martin, RealClearPennsylvania
For Philly Immigrants, an ICE Arrest Can Take Them Far From Home
Staff, Inq
Fetterman Says Dems Lack Leader
Alex Nitzberg, Fox News
Examining the Lehigh Valley's Primary Battles
Stephanie Sigafoos, LehighValleyNews
Shapiro on Trump, Netanyahu, and War with Iran
Pod Save America, YouTube
Progressive Working Families Party Is Backing Rabb for Congress
Anna Orso, Inq
Now Is Time to Strike on PGH's Lower Hill District
Editorial Board, Post-Gazette

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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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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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

Voters in Key PA Swing District Weigh In on Trump

Jonathan Allen, NBC News

NBC News spoke to voters at a gas station in the 10th District, the type of area that will be key for Republicans to win in the midterms if... Read More

Fetterman’s Support for Trump’s War on Iran Fires Up Critics

J.D. Prose, PennLive

The AI Boom Has Plunged a Small PA Town Into Chaos

Rebecca McCarthy, Grist

Data centers will swallow 14 percent of Archbald, evict a trailer park, and border many residential properties. Who's to blame is a matter of... Read More

The Scrappy Mayor Showing Dems How It’s Done

Michelle Cottle, New York Times

Our Final War for Independence

Gene Pisasale, RealClearPennsylvania

“The War of Revolution is won, but the War for Independence is yet to be fought Read More

AI Political Ads Are Here in PA

Alton Northup, ABC 27

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Chubb Sells Historic Philly Office to NYC Developer

Jake Blumgart, Inquirer

Chubb is moving its extensive Philadelphia operations to a new 18-story office building at 2000 Arch St., where it has promised to add 1,250... Read More

Pennsylvania Is Losing Businesses and Workers

Megan Martin, RealClearPennsylvania

Sadly, one of the nation’s biggest employers is closing in Pennsylvania. Saks & Company recently announced plans to shut down its... Read More

For Philly Immigrants, an ICE Arrest Can Take Them Far From Home

Staff, Inq

In detentions involving nearly 20,000 transfers, some immigrants were sent hundreds or even thousands of miles, far from attorneys, family... Read More

Fetterman Says Dems Lack Leader

Alex Nitzberg, Fox News

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, an ardent supporter of Israel who also backs the U.S. attack against Iran, suggested that his party is lead... Read More

Examining the Lehigh Valley's Primary Battles

Stephanie Sigafoos, LehighValleyNews

With primary petitions now filed, the Lehigh Valley’s election season is coming into clearer focus, with several races likely to be more... Read More

Shapiro on Trump, Netanyahu, and War with Iran

Pod Save America, YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Read More

Progressive Working Families Party Is Backing Rabb for Congress

Anna Orso, Inq

The announcement makes State Rep. Chris Rabb the favorite among the city’s left-leaning organizations to take the seat long held by U.S.... Read More

Now Is Time to Strike on PGH's Lower Hill District

Editorial Board, Post-Gazette

For the past 20 years, the Lower Hill District has been one of the greatest missed redevelopment opportunities in Pittsburgh, and maybe among... 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

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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