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Pennsylvania Is Center Stage Again in 2026
Guy Ciarrocchi, RealClearPennsylvania
Pittsburgh's Industrial-Era Infrastructure Is an Advantage
D. Adamski, Post-Gazette
Top PA Republicans Are Projecting Relative Calm
Julia Terruso, Inquirer
How the Gainey Administration Unraveled
Brandon McGinley, Post-Gazette
Trump Order That Discourages State AI Laws is 'Abuse of Power'
Ford Turner, P-G
How Data Centers Will Transform America
Halper et al., WaPo
University of Pennsylvania Launches $10M Startup Fund
J. George, PBJ
Layoffs Begin at PA Cyber Charter Schools
Oliver Morrison, PennLive
Nearly 30 Employees Have Left Chester Co.'s Election Office
Katie Bernard, Inquirer
Trump Admin Efforts to End DOE Get Failing Grade
Hilary Danailova, City & State PA
How Much Pennie Premiums Could Go Up by County in 2026
B. Rodgers, Times

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

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

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Censorship

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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

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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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.
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.

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
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

Pennsylvania Is Center Stage Again in 2026

Guy Ciarrocchi, RealClearPennsylvania

The Pennsylvania state House is Democratic-run – by one seat. The state Senate is Republican-run – by two seats. Meanwhile, at the... Read More

Pittsburgh's Industrial-Era Infrastructure Is an Advantage

D. Adamski, Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh has always been a city of reinvention, from the smoky steel capital of the 20th century to today's hub of robotics, medicine, and... Read More

Top PA Republicans Are Projecting Relative Calm

Julia Terruso, Inquirer

With the GOP in power nationally and popular Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro on the ballot, the headwinds in 2026 are different for Pennsylvania... Read More

How the Gainey Administration Unraveled

Brandon McGinley, Post-Gazette

Two months before the May primary for mayor of Pittsburgh, I attended a community meeting in my home neighborhood of Brookline headlined by... Read More

Trump Order That Discourages State AI Laws is 'Abuse of Power'

Ford Turner, P-G

HARRISBURG – A new executive order from President Donald Trump that pressures states to stay away from regulating artificial intelligence... Read More

How Data Centers Will Transform America

Halper et al., WaPo

University of Pennsylvania Launches $10M Startup Fund

J. George, PBJ

Layoffs Begin at PA Cyber Charter Schools

Oliver Morrison, PennLive

Some schools have started to furlough staff to plug large budget holes, while others have enough financial reserves to delay changes. Read More

Nearly 30 Employees Have Left Chester Co.'s Election Office

Katie Bernard, Inquirer

The county hired an outside firm to investigate what factors, including staffing issues, contributed to a general election error that forced... Read More

Trump Admin Efforts to End DOE Get Failing Grade

Hilary Danailova, City & State PA

Teachers say commonwealth classrooms will suffer if the Trump administration guts the federal Department of Education, which funds numerous... Read More

How Much Pennie Premiums Could Go Up by County in 2026

B. Rodgers, Times

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

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

Sponsored Curation Powered By:

Essential Reading

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.
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.

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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