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War Price Tag Could Be Massive Problem for GOP Leaders
M. Hill, Politico
PA Lawmaker Proposes Regulating Prediction Markets
Tom Lehman, WGAL
‘Just Keep Killing Them’: Fetterman Backs Israel in Fight
J.D. Prose, PennLive
Illegal Immigrant Chared With Voting in PA Elections
S. Dinan, Washington Times
Fetterman, McCormick Approve of Trump’s DHS Pick
Fallon Roth, PennLive
PA Voters Support Shapiro, Unhappy With ICE, Trump
Damon Williams, Philly Burbs
PA Human Services, Education Officials Ask for More Funds
Tom Riese, 90.5 WESA
PA Dems' Books Reveal Different Kinds of 'Moderate'
Kyle Sammin, W. Examiner
Pennsylvania Sues Over Trump’s New Global Tariffs
Steve Ulrich, Politics PA
Lawmakers Talk School Cellphone Ban, Literacy in Hearing
Jaxon White, WITF
Abused Children in PA Need More Support
Chris Kirchner, City & State PA
Mayor Parker Backs Housing Development Around SEPTA
J. Blumgart, Inquirer.com

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

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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.

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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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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

War Price Tag Could Be Massive Problem for GOP Leaders

M. Hill, Politico

PA Lawmaker Proposes Regulating Prediction Markets

Tom Lehman, WGAL

These markets are regulated at the federal level, allowing individuals as young as 18 to invest in outcomes like election results Read More

‘Just Keep Killing Them’: Fetterman Backs Israel in Fight

J.D. Prose, PennLive

Sen. John Fetterman firmly backed President Donald Trump’s war on Iran in separate television appearances, including one in which he... Read More

Illegal Immigrant Chared With Voting in PA Elections

S. Dinan, Washington Times

A longtime illegal immigrant who’d been ordered deported but never went home cast ballots in every presidential election from 2008 to... Read More

Fetterman, McCormick Approve of Trump’s DHS Pick

Fallon Roth, PennLive

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman promised to back President Donald Trump’s pick to succeed Kristi Noem within minutes of her abrupt firing as... Read More

PA Voters Support Shapiro, Unhappy With ICE, Trump

Damon Williams, Philly Burbs

A March Franklin & Marshall poll shows Pennsylvania voters are supportive of Gov. Josh Shapiro's job, but show concern about the overall... Read More

PA Human Services, Education Officials Ask for More Funds

Tom Riese, 90.5 WESA

Additional funding for the state’s neediest schools and the Trump administration’s impacts on human services have dominated the... Read More

PA Dems' Books Reveal Different Kinds of 'Moderate'

Kyle Sammin, W. Examiner

John Fetterman is what he is. Josh Shapiro is whatever the median Democrat wants him to be. Read More

Pennsylvania Sues Over Trump’s New Global Tariffs

Steve Ulrich, Politics PA

Pennsylvania has joined with over 20 other states in filing a lawsuit that challenges President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs. Read More

Lawmakers Talk School Cellphone Ban, Literacy in Hearing

Jaxon White, WITF

Education spending is often among the most heated debates in the state Capitol as lawmakers negotiate Pennsylvania’s state budget. But... Read More

Abused Children in PA Need More Support

Chris Kirchner, City & State PA

The Epstein Files scandal has spotlighted child sexual abuse – but far from the headlines, the victims of abuse in Pennsylvania and those... Read More

Mayor Parker Backs Housing Development Around SEPTA

J. Blumgart, Inquirer.com

As part of her effort to build or repair 30,000 homes, the mayor is pushing for more housing near mass transit. Read More

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

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

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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