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Dem Super PAC Commits to Spend $20 Million in PA

Sam Janesch, Inquirer

Rolling Out the Welcome Mat for the NFL Draft

Editorial, Editorial

Pennsylvania's Huge Advantage in the AI Future

Carl Marrara, Post-Gazette

Josh Shapiro Tests His Clout in U.S. House Races

Arit John, CNN

PA Court Case Challenges Rule for Voter Registration

Carter Walker, Spotlight PA

Different Goals, Different values, Facts--Our National Divide

G. Ciarrocchi, B+L

PA Treasurer Garrity Blocks Payments for Shapiro’s Home

Kamryn Scrivens , FOX 29

Bill Would Stop Counties From Taking Foster Kids' Money

Steve Volk, Spotlight PA

Vote on Philadelphia School Closures Canceled

Rebecca Redelmeier, PA Capital-Star

Fetterman Wants SNAP to Cover Hot Rotisserie Chicken

J. Cole, The Center Square

The SAVE America Act, and Why PA Needs it, Part 1

Felice Fein, Broad + Liberty

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

Videos

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.

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.

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

Jon K. Lauck, Middle West Review

The Frustrations of the Overlooked in 'Flyover Country'
Heath Anderson, The Dispatch

MLK: A Great American Statesman

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

Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?

John Prideaux, The Economist

Shapiro: Here’s Why Harris Is On Track to Win

Greg Sargent, The New Republic

Dem Super PAC Commits to Spend $20 Million in PA

Sam Janesch, Inquirer

The national spending is targeting Bucks County Republican Brian Fitzpatrick and three other Pa. swing district GOP incumbents. Read More

Rolling Out the Welcome Mat for the NFL Draft

Editorial, Editorial

There is a moment in “The Wizard of Oz” when Dorothy opens the door of her uprooted Kansas cottage and steps from black and white into... Read More

Pennsylvania's Huge Advantage in the AI Future

Carl Marrara, Post-Gazette

More than a century ago, George Westinghouse built what became known as an “Empire of Lights” across Western Pennsylvania. He did not... Read More

Josh Shapiro Tests His Clout in U.S. House Races

Arit John, CNN

If Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has his way, the Democratic path to winning back the US House will run through his state. Read More

PA Court Case Challenges Rule for Voter Registration

Carter Walker, Spotlight PA

County Commissioner Robert Rossman and a right-leaning nonprofit are challenging Pennsylvania’s policy of registering voters with... Read More

Different Goals, Different values, Facts--Our National Divide

G. Ciarrocchi, B+L

PA Treasurer Garrity Blocks Payments for Shapiro’s Home

Kamryn Scrivens , FOX 29

Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity is refusing to approve over $1 million in taxpayer-funded security upgrades at Gov. Josh Shapiro's... Read More

Bill Would Stop Counties From Taking Foster Kids' Money

Steve Volk, Spotlight PA

The Shapiro administration and lawmakers are working to end the practice of counties taking Social Security benefits owed to foster kids. Read More

Vote on Philadelphia School Closures Canceled

Rebecca Redelmeier, PA Capital-Star

Members of the City Council have pushed Superintendent Tony Watlington and Board President Reginald Streater to delay the vote. Read More

Fetterman Wants SNAP to Cover Hot Rotisserie Chicken

J. Cole, The Center Square

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and three of his colleagues have introduced a bill that would allow beneficiaries in... Read More

The SAVE America Act, and Why PA Needs it, Part 1

Felice Fein, Broad + Liberty

The SAVE America Act will be brought to the floor of the U.S. Senate this week. While many talk about ending the filibuster or allowing a... 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