Elections
Pennsylvania Needs an Independent Redistricting Commission to Ensure Fair Representation
Partisan gerrymandering is an anathema to our democracy.
Colin Kohlhaas
August 25, 2025
Colin Kohlhaas
News
Here’s Why Pennsylvanians Are Seeing Their Electricity Bills Soar
Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania and PennFuture explain the price hike that hit many Pennsylvania consumers at the beginning of June.
Colin Kohlhaas
August 13, 2025
News
Looking for Clean Energy Projects in Pennsylvania? Check Out This New Map by PennEnvironment and Evergreen Action
The map tracks renewable energy projects across the state that utilize federal funds from the Inflation Reduction Act. “Pennsylvanians deserve an affordable, clean energy future, and these funds are making that future a reality,” said Evergreen Action’s Julia Kortrey.
Colin Kohlhaas
May 31, 2025
News
Pennsylvania House Democrats Want to Prohibit Cooperation with Out-of-state Criminal Abortion Investigations
The goal of the proposed legislation is to protect women who receive abortions and the doctors and nurses who provide this reproductive health care.
Colin Kohlhaas
April 18, 2025
News
Democrat-Sponsored Bill in Harrisburg Seeks Transparency at PJM to Ensure Clean Energy Projects Get Fair Shake
Providing public oversight of the regional electric grid operator and utility companies’ decision-making will help ensure lower energy rates for consumers and that Pennsylvania is meeting its clean energy needs.
Colin Kohlhaas
March 25, 2025
News
While Over Half of Republicans Embrace Christian Nationalism, New Survey Shows Most Americans Reject the Ideology
The Public Religion Research Institute released its 2024 American Values Atlas this week and outside of the GOP it’s not all bad news.
Colin Kohlhaas
February 6, 2025
News
State Lawmakers Want to Strengthen Election Integrity in Pennsylvania by Ending Gerrymandering and Ensuring Fair Redistricting
“In a strong and healthy democracy, voters choose our representatives, but today we see too many power hungry politicians draw gerrymandered maps to silence voters,” said Common Cause Pennsylvania’s Philip Hensley-Robin.
Colin Kohlhaas
January 31, 2025
Opinion
Young Men Who Embrace the Online ‘Manosphere’ and Backed Trump Are Part of a Long History of Anti-Feminist Hostility
Shifts in male voting as a result of anti-feminist backlash are not a new phenomenon in the United States, writes historian Colin Kohlhaas.
Colin Kohlhaas
December 31, 2024
Moms for Liberty CEO and Co-Founder Tina Descovich Verbally Attacks the Bucks County Beacon at Harrisburg-Area Event
October 8, 2025
Our crime? Journalism.
Using Black Hawk Helicopters and Chemical Agents, ICE Agents Turn Chicago Into a ‘War Zone’
October 7, 2025
Activists, residents and leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest city.
Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Is Just Another Form of Abuse for Domestic Violence Victims
October 6, 2025
As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death.
We Must Continue to Defend the Freedom to Read in Central Bucks School District
October 6, 2025
With elections next month, Central Bucks School Board’s Karen Smith reminds community members of the chaos and divisiveness Republican book banners inflicted on the district just a few years ago.
The Quiet Creep of Censorship: How ‘Everyday Banning’ Is Reshaping American Schools
October 5, 2025
PEN America’s new report “The Normalization of Book Banning” exposes how book censorship has become “rampant and common” in public schools across the United States.
