The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) has one of the highest recidivism rates in the nation. That鈥檚 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 ...
There鈥檚 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 ...
One day last month, newspaper stories shined a light on the troubles, triumphs and transformations happening in communities across Pennsylvania. In Erie, readers followed fundraising efforts to save an injured dog named Dopey. In Harrisburg, people gathered at a vigil for a teenager whose life ...
It was 48 years ago in September that a convicted cop killer from Philadelphia escaped, leading local police on a two-week manhunt. Anyone who lived in Washington County during the fall of 1977 probably remembers the news reports, roadblocks, and school closures caused by a 34-year-old ...
