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Trump’s Economic Promises Test Patience in the Poconos
Kris Maher, WSJ
PA Dems Begin Efforts to Flip State Senate
Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer.com
Penn State Choices Made Union Push Inevitable
Editorial, Tribune-Review
Fetterman, McCormick Vote Party Line on Obamacare
Sam Janesch, Post-Gazette
Trump Says No Coal Miner Would Trade Jobs With Him
Alfred Lubrano, Inquirer
Philly School Board to Explore Giving Vacant Schools to City
K. Graham, Inquirer
Bill Would Extend Worker Protections to More Police
Christina Lengyel, Center Square
New Bill Would Mandate English Test for Drivers
Christina Lengyel, The Center Square
Trump’s Farm Aid 'Important for Western PA'
Madaleine Rubin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
How Unfair Policies Hurt Pennsylvania’s Girls
Nicole Prussman, Broad + Liberty
Independent Voters Challenge PA Closed Primaries
J.D. Prose, PennLive
Fetterman Calls Netanyahu Trial ‘Small Ball’
Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner
Sen. McCormick ‘Concerned’ With Trump's China Chip Approval
M, Rego, The Hill

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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Deadly Shooting at Indiana University in PA

USA Energy Affordability Map

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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.

In the News

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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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Liberal Education as Civic Education
At the heart of the Western intellectual tradition is the claim that the liberal arts aim to make a man free.
The Role of Music in Civic Life
Strengthening our shared American identity can be as simple as a song.

In the News

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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
Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?
John Prideaux, The Economist
Shapiro: Here’s Why Harris Is On Track to Win
Greg Sargent, The New Republic
Why The Candidates Are Investing Time Into Pennsylvania
Sarah McCammon, NPR

Trump’s Economic Promises Test Patience in the Poconos

Kris Maher, WSJ

The president visited a casino in Monroe County, Pa., where voters once bought into his economic vision. Do they still? Read More

PA Dems Begin Efforts to Flip State Senate

Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer.com

Chris Thomas, the former executive director of the Montgomery County Democratic Committee, launched his bid to challenge State Sen. Tracy... Read More

Penn State Choices Made Union Push Inevitable

Editorial, Tribune-Review

Penn State faculty are not unionized. That could change soon. If the university’s leadership doesn’t like that, it’s their... Read More

Fetterman, McCormick Vote Party Line on Obamacare

Sam Janesch, Post-Gazette

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Fetterman and Dave McCormick voted along party lines Thursday on a pair of competing proposals to stave off... Read More

Trump Says No Coal Miner Would Trade Jobs With Him

Alfred Lubrano, Inquirer

It'd be crazy to give up working in perpetual midnight in the 9th-most dangerous job in the world! Right? Read More

Philly School Board to Explore Giving Vacant Schools to City

K. Graham, Inquirer

One board member worried that the action "limits us to exploring the conveyance of our school buildings to the city without financial... Read More

Bill Would Extend Worker Protections to More Police

Christina Lengyel, Center Square

(The Center Square) - The Pennsylvania State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police, or FOP, has about 40,000 members, supporting workers’... Read More

New Bill Would Mandate English Test for Drivers

Christina Lengyel, The Center Square

(The Center Square) - As concern for the role of immigrants in traffic fatalities increases following a series of highly publicized... Read More

Trump’s Farm Aid 'Important for Western PA'

Madaleine Rubin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled a $12 billion aid package to support the country’s farmers, struggling after a year of shifting... Read More

How Unfair Policies Hurt Pennsylvania’s Girls

Nicole Prussman, Broad + Liberty

Across Pennsylvania, girls wake up before sunrise to train. They run in the cold, give up weekends, and devote years to their sport because... Read More

Independent Voters Challenge PA Closed Primaries

J.D. Prose, PennLive

There are an estimated 1.4 million independent voters in Pa. Read More

Fetterman Calls Netanyahu Trial ‘Small Ball’

Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner

Fetterman’s ardent support for Israel during its yearslong war with Gaza has alienated many of his more liberal colleagues and the... Read More

Sen. McCormick ‘Concerned’ With Trump's China Chip Approval

M, Rego, The Hill

Republican Sen. Dave McCormick (Pa.) is not fully on board with the Trump administration permitting Nvidia to sell its H200 chips in China. 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

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
Deadly Shooting at Indiana University in PA

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

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Essential Reading

Liberal Education as Civic Education
At the heart of the Western intellectual tradition is the claim that the liberal arts aim to make a man free.
The Role of Music in Civic Life
Strengthening our shared American identity can be as simple as a song.

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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