His garish display of self-worship took many forms, from giant portraits with blood on his face and fist raised in defiance, to his clarion call to “fight, fight, fight,” writes military veteran Steve Nolan.
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Since the nation’s earliest days, Pennsylvania has in many ways been at the center of the action.
Conservatives are planning to slash the health care plans that millions of low-income and senior Americans rely on.
“Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) have been the scourge of ordinary citizens who dared to take a public stance for far too long,” writes Civil Rights Lawyer Garen Meguerian. This historic legislation changes that.
The Conversation Politics Editor Naomi Schalit spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger to provide insights from his study of political violence and assassinations.
The often-times toxic and xenophobic political rhetoric around immigration – as well as public policies that create fear or confusion about how medical care could affect immigration status – discourage immigrants from seeking medical attention, a phenomenon described as the chilling effect.
Public libraries promote literacy, fight poverty, and enrich our lives. It’s up to us to protect them from political attacks.
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“It is heartbreaking to see Congress embrace a budget bill that strips meals and health care away from children and families to fund massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and an unaccountable private school voucher program,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin.
The Bucks County Beacons’s reporting on Senate Bill 780 was incomplete and inaccurate, argues the head of the Bucks County Democratic Committee in an OpEd.
Education reporter Peter Greene breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor.
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
“This bill would allow you to set aside any state law, you could pollute the air as much as you want, you could pollute the water as much as you want, you could do anything essentially that you wanted that would ordinarily violate the law,” said former Secretary for PA’s Department of Environmental Protection David Hess.
