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Why Sen. Bob Casey has changed his positions on abortion and same-sex marriage — and why his opponent doesn’t talk much about it

Why Sen. Bob Casey has changed his positions on abortion and same-sex marriage — and why his opponent doesn’t talk much about it

Daniel J. Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Senate races used to be affairs in which candidates emphasized their local roots but have now become very nationalized.

Disability awareness at Penn
Mae Eskenazi, masked, sits at the head of a long table teaching students

Mae Eskenazi teaches Disability Studies at Penn. The class born out of a need for students to access curriculum, she says.

(Image: Eric Sucar)

Disability awareness at Penn

About one-fifth of all college students identify as having a disability, a figure that has grown in recent decades. At Penn, students form advocacy clubs, work with the Weingarten Center, and study disability.

Kristina García

A summer in Harrisburg with an eye on global affairs
Nine people stand in front of office cubicles. Above them, a string of national flags

Henry Franklin spent the summer interning in the Office of International Business Development. Franklin, an economics and cinema studies major from Yardley, Pennsylvania, spent his time shadowing teams, researching, writing reports, and working on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 10-year economic plan.

(Image: Henry Franklin)

A summer in Harrisburg with an eye on global affairs

Henry Franklin, a second-year economics and cinema studies major, spent his summer interning in Pennsylvania’s Office of International Business Development.

Kristina García

The real Trump mystery

The real Trump mystery

Yphtach Lelkes of the Annenberg School for Communication says that political polarization is the engine of “crystallization,” where people’s attitudes won’t be swayed no matter what new information they get.