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We have all seen and experienced the intense polarization in today’s society. It is everywhere around us. People seem less and less able to communicate with those on the other end of the …
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By SOLOMON D. STEVENS
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4/23/25
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Supermarkets’ cake mix shelves feature the Big Three. There’s Pillsbury, whose Doughboy is a cartoon character. There’s Betty Crocker; sure, her pretty face is on the box, but …
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By J. MARK POWELL
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4/22/25
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Heading into Tax Day, if you listen to progressive policymakers for a few minutes, you’ll likely hear that few problems on Earth can’t be solved by “taxing the rich.” Want to …
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By GORDON GRAY
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4/16/25
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The share of before-tax income going to the richest 1 percent of taxpayers has more than doubled in the last half-century. This massive upward redistribution of income was primarily a result of the …
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By DEAN BAKER
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4/16/25
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I had been feeling cagey since the end of last year—A sort of heavy, bottom-of-the-stomach feeling. Something like a blend of existential dread and civic helplessness mixed with a million …
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By NICO BLEU
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4/16/25
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For a simple life-affirming rule, “Thou shalt not kill” is tough to beat. However, it offers very little guidance when confronted by an attacker with murderous intent. Further, because …
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By JOHN PACE
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4/16/25
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From childhood through middle school, I considered my life “normal.” My worries consisted of homework, grades and sports. Then, my mother started changing. She grew more forgetful, became …
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By CARRIE SHAW
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4/15/25
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History was made in 1968 when Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress. She served New York’s 12th Congressional District, which included her neighborhood of Crown …
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By JILL EBSTEIN
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4/15/25
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Now that April 2 is in the rearview mirror (what President Trump calls “Liberation Day” for American trade policy), the question remains: What precisely are we liberating ourselves from? …
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By LES RUBIN
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4/9/25
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The one (and perhaps only) thing Americans seem to agree on these days is political rhetoric is too toxic. They long for folks to cool down and behave like dignified statesmen from that long-ago time …
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By J. MARK POWELL
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4/9/25
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Nineteen organizations from Pennsylvania and the Delaware River watershed, representing hundreds of thousands of members, signed and submitted a letter to Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R, PA-08) on April 2, …
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Submitted by THE DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK
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4/9/25
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Every community thrives thanks to the dedicated individuals who step up to serve in local government. Driven by a desire to give back and ensure their hometown’s prosperity, these individuals …
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By DAVID SANKO
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4/9/25
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It was a quiet voice in the night in southern Rhodesia, a radio broadcast. It let in the world: a world beyond my family’s horizons and even the demanding British public school-inspired academy …
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By LLEWELLYN KING
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4/8/25
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Artificial intelligence’s takeoff may well be this century’s dominant economic event. Among its other effects will be soaring demand for electricity from large AI-driven data …
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On Election Day, we were bracing for widespread attempts at election interference. Instead, what transpired was a relatively smooth Election Day. Unfortunately, recent cuts by the Trump …
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By SUSANNAH GOODMAN
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4/8/25
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Gen Z was expected to be more instrumental in the 2024 presidential election than they turned out to be. Despite their active engagement in political discourse online, only 42 percent turned …
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By ALEJANDRO JOSE RAMOS
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4/8/25
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For years, bail reform has been a political punching bag — blamed for crime, weaponized in elections, and filling news headlines. Recently, a conservative wave swept the …
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By LISEL PETIS
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4/7/25
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As someone who firmly believes in libertarian/conservative values and principles, I fully understand that compulsory national service could seem like an infringement upon one’s personal …
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By CHRIS TALGO
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4/2/25
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You have no control over other people’s actions. But you do have total control over your response. Someone else can’t upset you unless you empower them to.
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By BRYAN GOLDEN
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4/2/25
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Banks across the commonwealth are seeing an uptick in phishing scams targeting their customers via phone, email and text messages.
These phishing scams are communications designed to …
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By the PENNSYLVANIA BANKERS ASSOCIATION
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4/2/25
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