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A look at how America’s partisan divide over pandemic responses played out in the states
By Julie VanDusky-Allen and Olga Shvetsova Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a partisan divide has existed over the appropriate government response to the public health crisis. Democrats have been more likely to favor stricter policies such as prolonged economic shutdowns, limits on gathering in groups and mask mandates. Republicans overall have favored less stringent policies. As […]
There’s a workforce crisis in human services that funding alone can’t fix | Opinion
How can we hire quality staff to support the individuals in our programs if we can’t offer them a living wage, let alone a quality rate?
States, including Pa., pick judges very differently from U.S. Supreme Court appointments | Opinion
What can the politically fraught U.S. Supreme Court learn from the way that states select their judges?
An investment in homecare is an investment in healthy families & communities | Opinion
Homecare workers are an essential part of our national infrastructure. We need to pay for it and treat it that way.
Reducing methane is crucial for protecting climate and health, and it can pay for itself. So why aren’t more companies doing it? | Opinion
The world will have to stop building more fossil fuel infrastructure. The better route is to be responsible now and take care of the climate rather than counting on cleaning up the mess later.
What the United States can learn from Canada’s cannabis clarity | Opinion
The inherent contradictions of American cannabis laws seem to appear in the news almost every week.
This year’s court races are seriously important. Make your voice heard | Michael Coard
Speak out in the voting booths on May 18 and protect Black people in the courtrooms every day.
Nothing but racism explains Black women’s higher rate of horrible birth stories | Jarvis DeBerry
Focus on what that says about White providers. If we assume they’re no less competent than Black providers, what — other than racism — explains more Black babies dying on their watch?
Pa.’s waitlist system is an injustice to its disabilities community | Opinion
It is unacceptable to leave a vulnerable community waiting indefinitely on services they need to survive.
Anti-transgender bills are latest version of conservatives’ longtime strategy to rally their base | Opinion
A civil rights scholar looks at the large number of anti-transgender policies being debated and passed in state capitols. They are a staple issue for conservatives who want to rally their base.
How ‘socialism’ stopped being a dirty word for some voters – and started winning elections across America | Opinion
The leftist Democratic Socialists of America was tiny before the 2016 election. Now, with 90,000 dues-paying members and four seats in Congress, the DSA is upending Democratic politics nationwide.
Here’s how to build a more equitable future for Pa. with clean energy | Opinion
By targeting the benefits of clean energy investments to low-income households and communities exiting the fossil fuel industry, DEP can lift families out of energy poverty, improve public health, and build local wealth.