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Shapiro’s Coattails Are About to Be Put to the Test in PA
L. Kashinsky, Politico
Shapiro: Fetterman Should 'Honor' Will of PA Voters
Robert Moran, Inquirer
PA Dems Ask Republicans for Their Best Offer
Owens & Northup, ABC 27
Will Dems’ ‘Working-Class’ Candidate in LV Be the Answer?
Sam Janesch, Inquirer
Jefferson Plans Major Expansion Into Lehigh Valley
Staff, LehighValleyLive
Rebates Won’t Solve America’s Rising Drug Cost Problem
N. Stallings, RealClearPA
Residents Speak Out Against Proposed Central PA Data Center
D. Urie, PennLive
McCormick: Energy and AI Must Move Together
Chloe Jad, Post-Gazette
Businesses Get Millions From Dauphin Co. Gaming Grants
Rihl & Renno, PennLive
Welfare Fraud Is On the Rise
Guy Ciarrocchi, Broad & Liberty
Judiciary Committee Advances Constitutional Carry
B. O'Boyle, Times Leader
Bresnahan Switched to Bonds Last Year
Avani Kalra, NOTUS
Primary Preview: Four Vie For PA-03 Democratic Nod
S. Ulrich, Politics PA
McCormick Wants to Streamline Energy Permitting Process
Tom Fontaine, Trib-Rev

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"
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.

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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

Shapiro’s Coattails Are About to Be Put to the Test in PA

L. Kashinsky, Politico

Shapiro: Fetterman Should 'Honor' Will of PA Voters

Robert Moran, Inquirer

Politico reported that President Donald Trump and Republicans have quietly sought to have the senator from Pennsylvania abandon the... Read More

PA Dems Ask Republicans for Their Best Offer

Owens & Northup, ABC 27

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Will Dems’ ‘Working-Class’ Candidate in LV Be the Answer?

Sam Janesch, Inquirer

Established Democrats have rallied behind Bob Brooks, a union leader and retired firefighter, in a race they aren't shying away from trying... Read More

Jefferson Plans Major Expansion Into Lehigh Valley

Staff, LehighValleyLive

Rebates Won’t Solve America’s Rising Drug Cost Problem

N. Stallings, RealClearPA

In Washington, drug manufacturers are advocating to use rebates to undermine a critical program that supports health care for underserved... Read More

Residents Speak Out Against Proposed Central PA Data Center

D. Urie, PennLive

McCormick: Energy and AI Must Move Together

Chloe Jad, Post-Gazette

Energy and artificial intelligence are inseparable for U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, who stressed their deep connections Wednesday as he toured... Read More

Businesses Get Millions From Dauphin Co. Gaming Grants

Rihl & Renno, PennLive

Welfare Fraud Is On the Rise

Guy Ciarrocchi, Broad & Liberty

Judiciary Committee Advances Constitutional Carry

B. O'Boyle, Times Leader

WILKES-BARRE — Sen. Lisa Baker, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Wednesday said there is a fundamental principle in... Read More

Bresnahan Switched to Bonds Last Year

Avani Kalra, NOTUS

Federal records indicate the Republican congressman switched to bonds this year. Read More

Primary Preview: Four Vie For PA-03 Democratic Nod

S. Ulrich, Politics PA

McCormick Wants to Streamline Energy Permitting Process

Tom Fontaine, Trib-Rev

Beaver County’s tiny Shippingport, home to about 150 people, is positioned to become a center of Western Pennsylvania’s energy and AI... 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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