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Where the PA Governor Candidates Stand on Elections
Carter Walker, Spotlight PA
Philly Among 3 Cities in Contention for the DNC in 2028
Mike D'Onofrio, Axios
Amazon is End User in Contentious PA Data Center Project.
Rudy Miller, LHV
Mayor Parker's Turnover Tops Recent Philly Predecessors
Sean Walsh, Inquirer
Speaker Mike Johnson Stumps For GOP In PA-07, PA-08
Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA
Would Fetterman Switch Parties? PA Dem Chair Weighs In
Bethany Rodgers, GoErie
Philly Building Trades Turn Against Garrity's Governor Bid
Staff, Northeast Times
Data Center Boom Meets Rust Belt Politics
Jason Plautz, Politico
Pittsburgh Might Just Be the Most Dynamic City in America
M. Clinton, Esquire
$10M in Aid Available for PA Fruit Growers After Spring Freeze
R. Lardani, WGAL

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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The Declaration Heard ‘Round the World'
The men who signed the Declaration could not have dreamed of the influence it would have.
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Abigail Adams admonished her husband to “remember the ladies.” 

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Podcasts

La Torre Live - 8.22.26
David La Torre, La Torre Communications
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

Where the PA Governor Candidates Stand on Elections

Carter Walker, Spotlight PA

We examine Democrat Josh Shapiro and Republican Stacy Garrity’s views on the 2020 election, voter ID, and new voting laws. Read More

Philly Among 3 Cities in Contention for the DNC in 2028

Mike D'Onofrio, Axios

Philadelphia, Boston and Denver are the finalists to host the 2028 Democratic National Convention, the party revealed Thursday. Why it... Read More

Amazon is End User in Contentious PA Data Center Project.

Rudy Miller, LHV

Amazon Web Services will operate the Project Hazelnut hyperscale data center if the project eventually gets approved in northeast... Read More

Mayor Parker's Turnover Tops Recent Philly Predecessors

Sean Walsh, Inquirer

Come September, more than half of Parker’s highest-level appointees will have departed in the two years and nine months since she took... Read More

Speaker Mike Johnson Stumps For GOP In PA-07, PA-08

Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-La.) made stops in Allentown and Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday to stump for a pair... Read More

Would Fetterman Switch Parties? PA Dem Chair Weighs In

Bethany Rodgers, GoErie

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has rocked the boat in his own party by supporting President Donald Trump’s military action in Iran,... Read More

Philly Building Trades Turn Against Garrity's Governor Bid

Staff, Northeast Times

A Philadelphia union group that backed Garrity for treasurer now opposes her governor bid, citing broken promises and her alignment with... Read More

Data Center Boom Meets Rust Belt Politics

Jason Plautz, Politico

Need more evidence that the data center boom is scrambling politics? Look to the Rust Belt. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday enacted... Read More

Pittsburgh Might Just Be the Most Dynamic City in America

M. Clinton, Esquire

The collapse of the steel industry was supposed to kill the Steel City, but my hometown never rusted away. Now it’s having a major moment.... Read More

$10M in Aid Available for PA Fruit Growers After Spring Freeze

R. Lardani, WGAL

Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited an Adams County farm Thursday to announce $10 million in... 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

RNC Chair Talks Midterms During Philly Visit
Be Skeptical of Any Deal With Iran, Sen. McCormick Says
Voters Voice Concerns Before the PA Primary
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to see more funding for public transportation

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

The Declaration Heard ‘Round the World'
The men who signed the Declaration could not have dreamed of the influence it would have.
The Ladies, and How We Remember Them
Abigail Adams admonished her husband to “remember the ladies.” 

In the News

Multimedia

The Greatest WWII Novel
America at 250: A Conversation with Peggy Noonan
Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoint

Podcasts

La Torre Live - 8.22.26

David La Torre, La Torre Communications

La Torre Live is a fun look into government, public affairs, sports, entertainment and more, hosted by David La Torre from La Torre... Read More

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


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