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McCormick Says Chester Co. Shows Need for Election Rules
Katie Bernard, Inquirer
No ICE Detention Center for Bucks County, Congressman Says
Staff, WFMZ.com
Struggling Rual Hospital Prepares to Close
Kris B. Mamula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Lax State Fraud Enforcement Puts Pennsylvanians at Risk
Editorial, Post-Gazette
Penn, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Back Harvard in Lawsuit
Rana Rastegari, WHYY
No Phones? More Recess?
Bethany Rodgers, Beaver County Times
Can Shapiro’s Home Security Be Paid With Tax Money?
A. Couloumbis, Spotlight PA
PA Man Cleared After 43 Years in Prison
Maryclaire Dale, The Morning Call
Scranton Crime Spike Dogs Dem Mayor
Charles Creitz, Fox News
Bills Never Sent for Affordable Housing Loan Recipients
C. Smith, Center Square
Shapiro Charged Taxpayers for Luxury Hotels
Mark Stricherz, The Center Square

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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Greg Sargent, The New Republic
Why The Candidates Are Investing Time Into Pennsylvania
Sarah McCammon, NPR

McCormick Says Chester Co. Shows Need for Election Rules

Katie Bernard, Inquirer

McCormick said Chester County voters were turned away from the polls and unverified voters cast ballots on Election Day. The county says... Read More

No ICE Detention Center for Bucks County, Congressman Says

Staff, WFMZ.com

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick says his office was assured that ICE has no plans of opening an ICE detention facility within the 1st... Read More

Struggling Rual Hospital Prepares to Close

Kris B. Mamula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The closing of a tiny Pennsylvania hospital in the coming months will leave a rural northern county with just 14 inpatient beds for a... Read More

Lax State Fraud Enforcement Puts Pennsylvanians at Risk

Editorial, Post-Gazette

Pennsylvania’s state government has reduced its investigation of serious financial crime, leaving Keystone State residents more vulnerable... Read More

Penn, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Back Harvard in Lawsuit

Rana Rastegari, WHYY

The colleges say blocking international enrollment would harm U.S. higher education and the economy. Read More

No Phones? More Recess?

Bethany Rodgers, Beaver County Times

The amount of posting, texting and scrolling at Pennsylvania’s grade schools might soon take a nosedive, if Gov. Josh Shapiro has his... Read More

Can Shapiro’s Home Security Be Paid With Tax Money?

A. Couloumbis, Spotlight PA

PA State Police recommend $1M in security upgrades to Shapiro’s Montgomery County home after an attack. Read More

PA Man Cleared After 43 Years in Prison

Maryclaire Dale, The Morning Call

Subramanyam Vedam will remain in custody while he appeals a 1999 deportation order. Read More

Scranton Crime Spike Dogs Dem Mayor

Charles Creitz, Fox News

Crime crisis in Scranton puts Mayor Paige Cognetti in spotlight as she challenges GOP Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. City recorded five homicides in... Read More

Bills Never Sent for Affordable Housing Loan Recipients

C. Smith, Center Square

(The Center Square) – A decades-old loan program for affordable housing developers comes with little documentation to track the taxpayer... Read More

Shapiro Charged Taxpayers for Luxury Hotels

Mark Stricherz, The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat and a likely 2028 presidential candidate, spent nearly $1,700 of taxpayer... Read More

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

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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