While the Committee of Seventy has supported efforts to eliminate this provision in the past, the proposal adopted today serves political interests, not the public interest, and undercuts the core reason to revisit this issue at all: increasing competitiveness and accountability in City elections.

Democracy is strongest when participation replaces suspicion and facts replace fear. We applaud the Philadelphia City Commissioners for their leadership and we encourage all Pennsylvanians to get involved in the electoral process and be more engaged in the civic life of their communities.

We mourn the loss of Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot yesterday by ICE agents in Minnesota.

We mourn the loss of Renee Good, who was fatally shot this week by ICE agents in Minnesota. The Committee of Seventy condemns all forms of political violence, whether committed by governments or individuals.

The Committee of Seventy unequivocally condemns President Donald Trump’s continued threats toward the six Democratic lawmakers who released a video reminding members of the U.S. military and intelligence community of their duty to refuse unlawful orders.

The Committee of Seventy’s statement in response to recent requests by the Department of Justice for voter registration data and comments by President Trump about mail-in and machine voting.

PA Civics, a statewide network formed in 2019 to strengthen and expand civic education in Pennsylvania, officially welcomed the News Literacy Project and Carpenters’ Hall as the 24th and 25th members of the coalition during its quarterly meeting on July 10. The News Literacy Project, the nation’s largest provider of news literacy education, and Carpenters’…