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$200K Club: More Than 1,000 PA State Workers on the List
Juliette Rihl, Pennlive
McCormick, Fetterman Fill PA Booth at American State Fair
G. McGoldrick, Inquirer
Rep. Perry Joins Push to Revoke 17th Amendment
Madison Montag, Post-Gazette
Judge Tossed a Federal Lawsuit Seeking PA Voters’ Info
Abraham Gutman, Inquirer
Democrats Are Ready to Engage on School Choice
Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer
Democrats Declare War on School Choice
Stephen Moore, HotAir
Low Vaccine Rates Boosting Measles Outbreak
Hanna Webster, Post-Gazette
Bills Advance to Reform Hunting License Costs
Kurt Bresswein, Lehighvalleylive
Energy Leaders Talk Crisis Facing State
Alton Northup, Abc27
PA Reps Want Online Casinos to Geoblock Schools
Jeremy Olson, SportsLine
PA Fatal Overdose Prosecutions Divide Grieving Families
Ed Mahon, Spotlight PA

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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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"
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Teaching the Declaration Starts at the Archives
Every generation inherits the Declaration of Independence and its promises.
Jefferson and the Declaration
Anytime I teach the Declaration of Independence, I find that the most important question to cover is one that is not actually mentioned in the document itself: slavery.

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The Long Road to Juneteenth

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

$200K Club: More Than 1,000 PA State Workers on the List

Juliette Rihl, Pennlive

More than 470 judges, 36 corrections officers and 30 state police officers. Read More

McCormick, Fetterman Fill PA Booth at American State Fair

G. McGoldrick, Inquirer

Pennsylvania backed out of President Trump's Great American State Fair after Gov. Shapiro said no business would sponsor its booth. So Sens.... Read More

Rep. Perry Joins Push to Revoke 17th Amendment

Madison Montag, Post-Gazette

U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-York County, last week supported a resolution that would repeal the 17th Amendment and strip American voters of... Read More

Judge Tossed a Federal Lawsuit Seeking PA Voters’ Info

Abraham Gutman, Inquirer

The Department of Justice sued more than half of the states to force the release of unredacted voter rolls. Ten federal judges have ruled... Read More

Democrats Are Ready to Engage on School Choice

Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer

As Pennsylvania House Democrats advance an overhaul of existing school-choice options, a top Democratic leader expressed interest in Trump's... Read More

Democrats Declare War on School Choice

Stephen Moore, HotAir

Democrats oppose school choice programs despite proven benefits and growing parental support nationwide. Read More

Low Vaccine Rates Boosting Measles Outbreak

Hanna Webster, Post-Gazette

LANCASTER, Pa. — A growing distrust of health professionals seems to be undermining their efforts in central and southeastern Pennsylvania... Read More

Bills Advance to Reform Hunting License Costs

Kurt Bresswein, Lehighvalleylive

Pennsylvania lawmakers have advanced two bills dealing with hunting license costs — one allowing the state Game Commission to set its... Read More

Energy Leaders Talk Crisis Facing State

Alton Northup, Abc27

Its first coal mine opened near Pittston before the Revolutionary War. The American oil boom started with the first oil well drilled in... Read More

PA Reps Want Online Casinos to Geoblock Schools

Jeremy Olson, SportsLine

Legislators have introduced a bill to make PA online casino operators block school properties from accessing their services. Learn the... Read More

PA Fatal Overdose Prosecutions Divide Grieving Families

Ed Mahon, Spotlight PA

PA is a leader in prosecuting people for providing drugs used in fatal overdoses. 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

RNC Chair Talks Midterms During Philly Visit
Be Skeptical of Any Deal With Iran, Sen. McCormick Says
Voters Voice Concerns Before the PA Primary
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to see more funding for public transportation

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

Teaching the Declaration Starts at the Archives
Every generation inherits the Declaration of Independence and its promises.
Jefferson and the Declaration
Anytime I teach the Declaration of Independence, I find that the most important question to cover is one that is not actually mentioned in the document itself: slavery.

In the News

Multimedia

America at 250: A Conversation with Peggy Noonan
Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin
The Long Road to Juneteenth

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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