politics

More embarrassment for Harvard
Opinion, Сolumns
May 02, 2025
The Trump administration has turned a spotlight on Harvard University primarily over allegations of antisemitism. Last month theWhite Housefroze $2.2 ...
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Study finds asylum seekers spiked homelessness
Opinion, Сolumns
RACHEL GRESZLER 
May 02, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Between 2022 and 2024, the U.S. saw a record 43% rise in “sheltered homelessness” — staying in some sort of emergency shelter, as o...
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GOP path to a Pa. majority
Opinion, Сolumns
GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
Apr 30, 2025
The new Pennsylvania GOP chairman, state Sen. Greg Rothman, was elected on a platform that can be described as: “Let’s make Pennsylvania Florida.” In ...
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Schools must treat parents, kids with more respect
Opinion, Сolumns
DAVID MASTIO Kansas City Star 
Apr 29, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The “queens” and “queers” of the kindergarten alphabet book “Pride Puppy” finally had their day before theSupreme Court. Predictabl...
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‘Round the Square: Politics and religion
News, Round the Square
Apr 29, 2025
DON’T: We’re always told that two topics to stay away from in polite company are politics and religion. In 2022, the Pew Research Center assembled som...
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PHARE funding increase passes House
Local News, News, PA State News
CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Apr 28, 2025
HARRISBURG — As it stands, the PA Housing and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund, or PHARE, is capped at $100 million of the state’s ballooning budget. B...
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A Pennsylvania DOGE? Maybe
News, PA State News
LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
Apr 26, 2025
HARRISBURG — Lawmakers in both chambers of the General Assembly want to launch a Pennsylvania Department of Government Efficiency – or PA DOGE – that ...
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Pell still works for American education
Opinion, Сolumns
THOMAS P. FOLEY 
Apr 25, 2025
There’s a lot of disagreement on higher education these days. One exception to all the discord, at least so far, are Pell Grants — a program that is e...
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DOGE alone isn’t enough
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 24, 2025
Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend less time tending to the budget-cutting DOGE project and more time on his businesses, according to Politico,...
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Alarm sounded against rising antisemitism
Local News, Nation & World, News, ...
CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Apr 24, 2025
HARRISBURG— Eighty years after the last Jews were liberated from Nazi camps in Europe, Pennsylvania continues to honor the survivors and lives lost du...
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