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OP-ED: We are … better than this

Earlier this month, the Penn State football team broke a six-game losing streak to defeat Michigan State and claim the rivalryĢƵ coveted Land Grant Trophy – an award established to honor the two universities as the first land-grant institutions in the United States. Both schools were ...

Fate whispers to the warrior, “You cannot withstand the storm.” The warrior whispers back, “I am the storm.” – Author Unknown Every few generations, America faces a storm. The skies darken, institutions creak, and the comfortable certainties of what we see as normal politics give ...

OP-ED: PA needs more prison boot camps

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) has one of the highest recidivism rates in the nation. ThatĢƵ why its decision to close the Quehanna Boot Camp last month, the state prison with the lowest rate of recidivism and the highest rate of GED graduations, continues to deserve ...

OP-ED: Keeping the AI revolution powered up

ThereĢƵ no doubt that Pennsylvania will have to up its game to meet the massive increase in electricity generation required to power the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution now a full step in the front door. How best to do that, however, remains the paramount question, says Frank Gamrat, ...

Churches and faith communities across the world have been leaders in environmental justice from the beginning of the movement. This might surprise you since some faith leaders and theologians teach that the Bible does not condone Christian participation in activism that centers on the Earth, ...

Pennsylvania is once again facing a state budget impasse. Vital funding for community-based organizations remains stalled, despite the fact that some of these dollars are federally determined and should be flowing regardless of a state budget. The result? Nonprofits are left waiting, scrambling ...