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Dubious Credentials Boost PA’s Graduation Rate
Rebecca Redelmeier, Chalkbeat
Closing the Talent Gap Starts With Affordable College
C. Fiorentino, Reading Eagle
Meet the Dems Fighting to Unseat Brian Fitzpatrick
Emily Neil, WHYY
Small Businesses Face Rising Costs, Shipping Prices
Deanna Durante, NBC 10
Sen. McCormick Speaks on Efforts to Curb Drug Trade
S. Zito, Washington Examiner
See the Highest-Paid Pennsylvania State Employees
Matthew Rink, York Daily Record
PA Medicaid Stopped Covering GLP-1s
Harold Brubaker, Inquirer Business
PA's Minimum Wage Specifics Still in Play
Lauren Jessop, The Center Square
PA Court Rejects PSU Bid to Keep Trustee Records Hidden
Staff, Spotlight PA
Rep. Perry to Get a Boost From Speaker Mike Johnson
J.D. Prose, PennLive

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 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

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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

Dubious Credentials Boost PA’s Graduation Rate

Rebecca Redelmeier, Chalkbeat

Philadelphia teachers say they’re incentivized to push students to earn low-value credentials — like a 2-hour online ladder-safety course... Read More

Closing the Talent Gap Starts With Affordable College

C. Fiorentino, Reading Eagle

Head of state university system outlines importance of boosting access to college. Read More

Meet the Dems Fighting to Unseat Brian Fitzpatrick

Emily Neil, WHYY

Democrats are aiming to flip the 1st Congressional District seat in Bucks County to help take control of the U.S. House. Here’s what you... Read More

Small Businesses Face Rising Costs, Shipping Prices

Deanna Durante, NBC 10

Retailers say higher shipping costs are squeezing profits and may change how customers shop. Read More

Sen. McCormick Speaks on Efforts to Curb Drug Trade

S. Zito, Washington Examiner

Fentanyl killed 4,000 Pennsylvanians per year between 2020 and 2023, but preliminary data showed that number fell to approximately 1,500 in... Read More

See the Highest-Paid Pennsylvania State Employees

Matthew Rink, York Daily Record

Higher education administrators, pension fund managers and state agency heads lead the list of Pennsylvania's highest paid state government... Read More

PA Medicaid Stopped Covering GLP-1s

Harold Brubaker, Inquirer Business

The cost of GLP-1s for Pa. Medicaid soared to $1.3 billion from $233 million during the three years they were covered for obesity alone. Read More

PA's Minimum Wage Specifics Still in Play

Lauren Jessop, The Center Square

(The Center Square) - Pennsylvania lawmakers appear to agree the state’s $7.25 minimum wage is outdated, but the details on how far and how... Read More

PA Court Rejects PSU Bid to Keep Trustee Records Hidden

Staff, Spotlight PA

The PA Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from Penn State and the state education department on a lower court ruling that ordered the... Read More

Rep. Perry to Get a Boost From Speaker Mike Johnson

J.D. Prose, PennLive

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson will be spending some time this week in Pennsylvania trying to boost the campaign coffers of four Republican... 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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