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Pennsylvania’s Politicians Have One Lockstep Issue
Oliver Bateman, RealClearPA
Why Are PA Suburbs Losing?
Athan Koutsiouroumbas, RealClearPennsylvania
PA Dems Should Demand Accountability in Public Schools
Guy Ciarrocchi, RCPA
Cryptocurrency, Stocks Driving PA Lawmakers’ Wealth
Dayak et al., NOTUS
Latino Leaders Surge Into Local Office
Fernanda Figueroa, Inquirer
Ending the Death Penalty Gains Support from Both Parties
Z. Hoopes, PennLive
Former Govs Call for Shapiro’s Security to Be a Priority
A. Benavides-Colón, Trib-Rev
Race Pits Corporate Defender Against Union Organizer
W. Wimbish, Prospect
Philly Now Training Community Violence Interrupters
Jesse Bunch, Inquirer
Bipartisan Call for Debate Ahead of 22nd HD Primary
J. Best, Armchair Lehigh Valley
ICE Has Quietly Expanded in Pittsburgh
Jacob Geanous, Post-Gazette
Center City Apartment Vacancy Drops
Paul Schwedelson, Phila Business Journal

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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USA Energy Affordability Map

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The COVID-era Smearing—and Resurrection—of Trump NIH Appointee Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
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Zuckerberg Ending Censorship on Facebook: "The Fact-Checkers Have Just Been Too Politically Biased"
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American Civics

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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

Pennsylvania’s Politicians Have One Lockstep Issue

Oliver Bateman, RealClearPA

The April 20 PennLive/Bravo Group Morning Scrapple poll contains several headline-worthy numbers. President Trump’s Pennsylvania approval... Read More

Why Are PA Suburbs Losing?

Athan Koutsiouroumbas, RealClearPennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s political map is changing, but not in a way anyone anticipated. Defying political convention, Pennsylvanians are leaving the... Read More

PA Dems Should Demand Accountability in Public Schools

Guy Ciarrocchi, RCPA

Pennsylvania’s teachers unions are nervous, even angry, which in turn is compelling a Democratic response that only hurts students. For... Read More

Cryptocurrency, Stocks Driving PA Lawmakers’ Wealth

Dayak et al., NOTUS

Thirteen of the 19 lawmakers representing Pennsylvania in Congress have a median net worth of over $1 million. Read More

Latino Leaders Surge Into Local Office

Fernanda Figueroa, Inquirer

The number of Hispanics elected at every level of government is growing. Read More

Ending the Death Penalty Gains Support from Both Parties

Z. Hoopes, PennLive

Former Govs Call for Shapiro’s Security to Be a Priority

A. Benavides-Colón, Trib-Rev

Race Pits Corporate Defender Against Union Organizer

W. Wimbish, Prospect

Ryan Crosswell is running to represent Pennsylvania’s Seventh District after a career helping bosses fight their workers. Read More

Philly Now Training Community Violence Interrupters

Jesse Bunch, Inquirer

Philadelphia's Office of Public Safety launched the Peacekeepers Institute this month to train outreach workers and unify the city's... Read More

Bipartisan Call for Debate Ahead of 22nd HD Primary

J. Best, Armchair Lehigh Valley

Two of the three candidates for the 22nd District state House seat are calling for a debate ahead of their respective primaries. Read More

ICE Has Quietly Expanded in Pittsburgh

Jacob Geanous, Post-Gazette

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been quietly expanding its presence in the Pittsburgh area after leasing space in a five-story office... Read More

Center City Apartment Vacancy Drops

Paul Schwedelson, Phila Business Journal

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

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to see more funding for public transportation
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

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

Sponsored Curation Powered By:

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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