Wendell Young IV, President of Local 1776 United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) told me why it is so important for working people to vote Tuesday and recounted what's at stake for union people this year:

The national President of the AFL-CIO, Pennsylvania's own Rich Trumka was in Philadelphia on Saturday at a Labor Walk to motivate union members to vote. He was kind enough to give me a minute for a message to Pennsylvania voters:

As I travel across Pennsylvania I keep hearing from disaffected Democrats, liberals and progressives upset with President Obama for abandoning them on some key issues. They say they won't vote this fall "to send a message to Obama." I asked Governor Rendell this morning what he says to such key...

Lois Herr is accusing the Chester County Republican Committee of breaking the law in its support of Congressman Joe Pitts.

The Democratic candidate claims videos have been produced attacking her as "Left Wing Lois" while no federal campaign finance reports have...

Former President Bill Clinton hit Greater Nanticoke Area High outside Wilkes-Barre Tuesday to campaign for Congressman Paul Kanjorski, one of many endangered incumbent Democrats in Pennsylvania. Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta is mounting a strong effort to win this seat. The Mayor is...

The AFL-CIO hopes to have a major impact on next month's elections. In an internal memo released to the press, spokesperson Marty Marks detailed the organization's ongoing and substantial effort:

"Union volunteers have given out 17.5 million leaflets... made over 23.6 million phone calls... knocked on over 1.3...

Democrat Manan Trivedi, candidate for Congress in PA-06 appeared at three of the proposed commuter rail line stops to highlight Congressman Jim Gerlach's failure to get the Schuylkill Valley Metro built. The Schuylkill Valley Metro has been proposed for years but remains a dream for thousands...

About 30 very vocal members of the organization Action United marched on the National Constitution Center last evening protesting Pat Toomey's stand on Social Security. Holding signs saying "hands off my Social Security" they came down Arch Street and joined numerous Joe Sestak supporters in front of the...

Congressman Jim Gerlach's campaign demanded the debate with Manan Trivedi in PA-06 yesterday not be recorded. The Trivedi campaign welcomed both audio and video coverage but the sponsoring League of Women Voters banned such coverage at the insistence of the Gerlach staff. One Gerlach staffer even forced a reporter from...

Legendary Pennsylvania Congressman John P "Jack" Murtha passed away last spring leaving a trail of controversy in his wake. Several investigations into the merry-go-round of Pentagon contracts, jobs in the 12th District and substantial campaign contributions hung over him and are continuing today. His former district director Mark Critz won...

Congressman Jim Gerlach is like a cat with nine lives. He keeps his seat by the skinniest of margins and this year faces a challenger from the swing county of the 6th CD: Berks. This sprawling Congressional District begins at City Line Avenue bordering Philadelphia and reaches to Kutztown in...

This blog post first appeared on The Pennsylvania Progressive. An edited version appears below.

"Draw strength from these heroes."

Those were the words of wisdom one member of the Flight 93 families had for a small group of high school students following a remembrance vigil in Shanksville, Pennsylvania....