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Western PA Coal Towns Are Ground Zero for Data Centers
J. Luciew, PennLive
Pennsylvania Is the Key To the Battle For the House
Julia Terruso, Time
Trump Touts U.S. Economy in a Midterm Pitch in PA
Katherine Doyle, NBC News
Poll: Philadelphians Feel Safe, See Cleaner City
Anna Orso, Inquirer
Trump Stumps for Mackenzie During Visit to Mack Trucks
Tom Shortell, LVN
Rural Emergency Care Struggles to Keep Up With ICE Demand
J. Llanos, NOTUS
Garrity Calls For Seven Debates vs. Shapiro
Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA
Shapiro is Most Popular Politician Among Phila Residents
M. Baruchman, Inquirer
Teamsters Endorse Bresnahan
Sean Kitchen, The Keystone
Fetterman Casts Only Dem ‘No’ Vote on Iran Measure
Amy Worden, PennLive
The World Likes Us After All
Guy Ciarrocchi, Broad & Liberty
Larry Krasner ‘Finds Out’
J. Turley, The Hill

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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Claudia Dimuro, PennLive
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John Prideaux, The Economist
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Greg Sargent, The New Republic

Western PA Coal Towns Are Ground Zero for Data Centers

J. Luciew, PennLive

Pennsylvania Is the Key To the Battle For the House

Julia Terruso, Time

The signature swing state will once again take center stage in the midterms. Read More

Trump Touts U.S. Economy in a Midterm Pitch in PA

Katherine Doyle, NBC News

The president told supporters in a key swing district that oil is coming down and prices will follow as cost-of-living issues are top of mind... Read More

Poll: Philadelphians Feel Safe, See Cleaner City

Anna Orso, Inquirer

Nearly half of the residents polled said they would rate Philly’s schools as of “poor” quality, while more than half said that schools... Read More

Trump Stumps for Mackenzie During Visit to Mack Trucks

Tom Shortell, LVN

President Donald J. Trump delivered a stream-of-conscious speech during his first official to the Lehigh Valley since retaking the White... Read More

Rural Emergency Care Struggles to Keep Up With ICE Demand

J. Llanos, NOTUS

Records of hundreds of 911 calls illustrate the weight of immigration detention on emergency services. Read More

Garrity Calls For Seven Debates vs. Shapiro

Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA

If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what’s seven? That’s the number of gubernatorial debates that Republican State Treasurer Stacy... Read More

Shapiro is Most Popular Politician Among Phila Residents

M. Baruchman, Inquirer

Pennsylvania's other top Democrat, Sen. John Fetterman, scored poorly in the poll of Philly residents. Read More

Teamsters Endorse Bresnahan

Sean Kitchen, The Keystone

US Rep. Rob Bresnahan is one of two dozen Republican lawmakers receiving support from Teamsters in the upcoming midterm elections. Read More

Fetterman Casts Only Dem ‘No’ Vote on Iran Measure

Amy Worden, PennLive

The World Likes Us After All

Guy Ciarrocchi, Broad & Liberty

Larry Krasner ‘Finds Out’

J. Turley, The Hill

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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

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Be Skeptical of Any Deal With Iran, Sen. McCormick Says
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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

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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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