On the abiding despair of the failed Trump assassin’s post-COVID, private equity–looted nursing home
Pennsylvania
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Financial Irregularities Surround House Candidate Bhavini Patel
Patel, the Jeffrey Yass–backed challenger to Squad member Summer Lee, likely failed to disclose a $65,000 gift, or make required federal disclosures.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
From Flint to East Palestine and Back
Ohio and Pennsylvania residents want the tools to study long-term health impacts from the 2023 freight train derailment. But East Palestine hasn’t seen the money.
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Why and Where the Working Class Turned Right
A new book documents the lost (and pro-Democratic) world of Pennsylvania steelworkers and how it became Republican.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The University of Phoenixification of Elite Education
What does the oligarch behind the ‘Ivy League antisemitism crisis’ actually want?
Posted inTransportation
Freeway Disaster Presents Hurdle for Newsom’s National Ambitions
Pennsylvania’s governor delivered after his state’s highway fire five months ago. Newsom’s crisis with the 10 Freeway in Los Angeles is significantly more complicated.
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Democracy and Reproductive Rights Are on the Ballot in Pennsylvania
When the GOP takes control of state supreme courts, they tend to end democracy and ban abortion.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Moral Authority of Marc Rowan
The private equity billionaire is leading a boycott of an Ivy League oligarch factory over a Palestinian literary festival it held last month.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Environmentalists Demand Answers About Pennsylvania Governor’s Secretive Committee on Cap-and-Trade Program
As the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative stalls in the courts, frontline communities ask the administration to prioritize their input.
