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Why So Many Gen Z and Young Millennial Voters Showed Up For Democrats

Young voters overwhelmingly leaned left this past election, with 63 percent voting for Democratic candidates.

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Pennsylvanians Can’t Afford to Ignore Judicial Elections in 2023

It’s hard to overstate how important state courts are to maintaining rights and freedoms.

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Election 2022: When Regular People Rebuild Normalcy in Pennsylvania

A reflection on local efforts that helped restore public faith in the democratic process right here in the Keystone State.

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Pennsylvania Democratic Jewish Group Calls Trump’s 2024 Presidential Run a ‘Threat to Democracy’

“We as Jewish Democrats will do all we can to ensure that a twice-impeached insurrectionist never holds the office of President again,” said DJOP Chair Jill Zipin.

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A Bucks County Progressive Reflects on the 2022 Midterm Elections

We may have dodged a bullet, but the GOP gun is still loaded with democracy, women’s rights, and public education perpetually on the firing line.

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How to Combat LGBTQ Book Bans in Schools

After the mass shooting at Club Q this weekend, it is all the more important that communities push back against anti-LGBTQ+ extremism targeting school boards.

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Newtown Community Shuts Down Hateful Propaganda Movie Screening

Right-wing parents wanted to show a film suggesting public school teachers teach kids “X-rated sex acts.”

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Central Bucks Wants Republican Who Attacked a Middle School’s LGBTQ Student Club to Investigate ACLU’s Complaint of Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination

Failed GOP gubernatorial candidate William McSwain called Fugett Middle School’s student club “leftist political indoctrination.” Of course this is who Central Bucks School District wants to hire.

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Central Bucks School District Looks to Muzzle Teachers in the Classroom

The right-wing majority school board’s paranoia that teachers are “coercing” and “indoctrinating” students has manifested itself in a policy that will lead to censorship in classrooms.

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Four Months without a Contract, Palisades Teachers Are Frustrated and Speaking Up

Compared to other local school districts, Palisades teachers receive among the lowest professional salaries in Bucks County.

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Pennsylvanians Can’t Afford to Ignore Judicial Elections in 2023

It’s hard to overstate how important state courts are to maintaining rights and freedoms.

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The Republican Party Is Unpopular and It Knows It. That’s Dangerous

Growing opposition to Republican policies disincentivizes the GOP’s already waning commitment to democracy and increases the risk of racist mass violence.

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Education
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How to Combat LGBTQ Book Bans in Schools

After the mass shooting at Club Q this weekend, it is all the more important that communities push back against anti-LGBTQ+ extremism targeting school boards.

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Elections
Opinion

Election 2022: When Regular People Rebuild Normalcy in Pennsylvania

A reflection on local efforts that helped restore public faith in the democratic process right here in the Keystone State.

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MAGA Republicans Are the Republican Party

The GOP — with its love of guns and sympathy for violence, its contempt for free elections and hatred of a free press, and its embrace of white supremacy — ...

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Why So Many Gen Z and Young Millennial Voters Showed Up For Democrats

Young voters overwhelmingly leaned left this past election, with 63 percent voting for Democratic candidates.

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Bucks County Democratic Lawmakers Secure $2M Grant for Redevelopment Project in Bristol Township

State Senator Steve Santarsiero and State Representative Tina Davis acquired state funding that will bring new jobs to Bucks County.

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Social Media Disinformation Is A Threat to Democracy, And You Can Help Fight It

Common Cause Social Media Monitors work to identify and silence dishonest and dangerous political messaging.

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Pennsylvania Democratic Jewish Group Calls Trump’s 2024 Presidential Run a ‘Threat to Democracy’

“We as Jewish Democrats will do all we can to ensure that a twice-impeached insurrectionist never holds the office of President again,” said DJOP Chair Jill Zipin.

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Education
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Newtown Community Shuts Down Hateful Propaganda Movie Screening

Right-wing parents wanted to show a film suggesting public school teachers teach kids “X-rated sex acts.”

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