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Shapiro Says U.S. Must 'Turn The Tide' Against Political Violence

M. Levy, AP

PA Judge Drops Mangione's Terror Charge

Christina Lengyel, The Center Square

Ambler Dem Official Resigns After “Make More Martyrs" Post

Robby Chakler, B+L

Was a West Philly Teen Building Bombs for Syrian Terrorists?

Chris Palmer, Inquirer

The Woman Republicans Hope Can Beat Josh Shapiro

C. Duchene, Phila Citizen

$60 Million Gift Is Wharton School’s Biggest Ever

Joseph DiStefano, Inquirer

Inside PA’s Largest Immigrant Detention Center

Marin et al., Inquirer

McCormick Rules Out Future Presidential Run

Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA

Blackstone To Buy PA Power Plant For About $1 Billion

Staff, Reuters

Private School Students Can Now Join Public School Sports

Staff, WTAE

How Philadelphia’s Colonial Taverns Shaped Early American Life

J. Lynn, WHYY

Prove Charlie Right

David DesRosiers, RealClearPolitics

What To Know About Voting in PA

Lindsay Shachnow, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Former PA Cops Squandered Pensions With Drug Crimes

Editorial, Tribune-Review

When Trauma Becomes The Platform

Tasliym Morales, Broadandliberty

Spencer Cox and the Only Way Out of Violence

Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Research

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

Could Local Sales Taxes Come to PA's Counties?

Frank Gamrat, Alleghenyinstitute

Philadelphia's Post-ARPA Fiscal Reality

Katie Martin, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Videos

Eugene DePasquale Talks Political Landscape

PA Supreme Court Justices on The Ballot

Shapiro Talks Permit Fast Track

McCormick Speaks Out After Casey's Concession

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

Civics Revolution

The Jack Miller Center is reviving the tradition of studying the rights and duties of American citizenship, updated for modern sensibilities.

Florida State's Novel Civics Program

Liberty is the lifeblood of America, but it flourishes only when citizens understand the ideas that sustain...

In the News

Nikita Khetan, EdSurge

What I’ve Learned About Building Citizens
William Anthony Hay, Civitas Institute

John Trumbull: Painting the Revolution

Multimedia

The Long Road to Juneteenth

Lincoln’s Prophetic Statesmanship with Edward Erler

Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation

Podcasts

Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?

John Prideaux, The Economist

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

Greg Sargent, The New Republic

Why The Candidates Are Investing Time Into Pennsylvania

Sarah McCammon, NPR

Why Pennsylvania is Neither Blue Nor Red--It’s Pink

Staff, Broad + Liberty

Shapiro Says U.S. Must 'Turn The Tide' Against Political Violence

M. Levy, AP

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania says that the nation must “turn the tide” against political violence and the belief that government... Read More

PA Judge Drops Mangione's Terror Charge

Christina Lengyel, The Center Square

(The Center Square) - Luigi Mangione will not be facing terrorism charges for the December murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Read More

Ambler Dem Official Resigns After “Make More Martyrs" Post

Robby Chakler, B+L

Following backlash over comments made on social media in the aftermath of the death of Charlie Kirk, Ambler Tax Collector Jennifer Stomsky... Read More

Was a West Philly Teen Building Bombs for Syrian Terrorists?

Chris Palmer, Inquirer

Jurors are deliberating whether to convict Muhyyee-Ud-Din Abdul-Rahman of charges including possessing weapons of mass destruction. Read More

The Woman Republicans Hope Can Beat Josh Shapiro

C. Duchene, Phila Citizen

$60 Million Gift Is Wharton School’s Biggest Ever

Joseph DiStefano, Inquirer

A new program will focus on AI, algorithms, and complex data to prep Wharton students for jobs managing big money, says grad and donor Bruce... Read More

Inside PA’s Largest Immigrant Detention Center

Marin et al., Inquirer

While complaints about conditions at Moshannon Valley Processing Center predate Trump, his administration has effectively eliminated outside... Read More

McCormick Rules Out Future Presidential Run

Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA

“If my wife were here, she would say, hell no!” Read More

Blackstone To Buy PA Power Plant For About $1 Billion

Staff, Reuters

Blackstone said on Monday it has agreed to buy a natural gas plant in Western Pennsylvania for nearly $1 billion, as the investment firm bets... Read More

Private School Students Can Now Join Public School Sports

Staff, WTAE

In 2023, religious families filed a federal lawsuit against the PIAA, arguing that their children were missing out on athletic opportunities... Read More

How Philadelphia’s Colonial Taverns Shaped Early American Life

J. Lynn, WHYY

Ahead of the U.S. semiquincentennial, WHYY is exploring the city’s brewing roots. Read More

Prove Charlie Right

David DesRosiers, RealClearPolitics

What To Know About Voting in PA

Lindsay Shachnow, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Allegheny County Board of Elections has approved plans for the November general election ahead of National Voter Registration Day on... Read More

Former PA Cops Squandered Pensions With Drug Crimes

Editorial, Tribune-Review

A pension is different from a retirement fund. With a 401(k) or an individual retirement account (IRA), there is a simple mathematical... Read More

When Trauma Becomes The Platform

Tasliym Morales, Broadandliberty

The tragedy of Charlie Kirk’s murder has reignited a troubling pattern we have seen far too often in the United States: the media and... Read More

Spencer Cox and the Only Way Out of Violence

Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Cox is probably right. America might just have to lead itself away from those dark places. Read More

Research

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

Could Local Sales Taxes Come to PA's Counties?

Frank Gamrat, Alleghenyinstitute

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh counties already implment a sales tax. Proposed legislation would allow the other 65 counties in Pennsylvania to... Read More