News
Trump and his team have declared war on the First Amendment and the very idea of a free press.
The first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse in four decades follows accusations from union officials that the company retaliated against workers and committed other unfair labor practices.
Republican health care cuts, labor and delivery unit closures at hospitals, and declining trust in the medical profession are worsening this crisis.
History’s first U.S. pope mentioned the attacks “which have hit schools, hospitals and residential centers.”
“Unfortunately the entire Jewish community, no matter where we are in the world, we have to plan for things like this,” Temple Israel Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny told CNN.
Opinion
Even communities that supported President Trump are pushing back on cruel plans to detain immigrants in warehouses.
At a time when federal vaccine policy is in flux, our responsibility at the state level is to provide clarity, protect access, and ensure families have the tools they need to keep themselves and their children safe.
Silence is not a safety plan, writes Maureen Kratz.
The lesson, then and now, is not that empires cannot destroy. It’s that destruction and governance are entirely different enterprises. And confusing them is how empires exhaust themselves.
For the sake of Iranians, the Middle East, and working people in the United States, we’d better start building one as soon as possible.
Education
Nine of the county’s 13 districts share how they’re approaching the emerging technology in a survey by Technical.ly and the Bucks County Beacon.
Silence is not a safety plan, writes Maureen Kratz.
Local author Rich Shifman speaks to Editor Cyril Mychalejko about his new book "We Were the Cuckoo Bees" and how the local community who defeated Moms for Liberty served as his muse.
The report’s heart is in the right place, but its ideas are not new and are unlikely to catch hold without someone, somewhere putting more thought into how, exactly, these ideas could be implemented, writes Peter Greene.
“My soul is overflowing with gratitude. My kid has struggled mightily the last two years, and this was the happiest I’ve seen him in ages," one parent wrote afterward.
Elections
“This includes millions of people who make up your communities, including married women, people of color and voters who live in rural areas,” said Fair Elections Center CEO Rebekah Caruthers.
“Abortion is on the ballot in every election and for every office. State legislatures have become the front lines in the fight for reproductive freedom," said Adam Hosey, the PAC's political director.
“I’m concerned that all of the advances that we made for the last 61 years are going to be eradicated,” said Charles Mauldin, 78, one of the marchers beaten on Bloody Sunday.
"We’re about 100 years out from getting the right to vote and now we’re fighting this bill, which would make it harder for millions of women to vote,” said Gréta Bedekovics, director of democracy policy at the Center for American Progress.
Some of the state legislative proposals would place local election workers on the front lines of resisting federal interference.
MAGA-aligned activists are now openly discussing manufacturing or exaggerating a national emergency to justify Trump’s agents in the federal government to interfere in this November’s elections, The Washington Post reported.
Recent Votes:
- H.R. 7744: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 March 5, 2026Vote: Passed 221/209 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- On Motion to Recommit: H.R. 7744: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 March 5, 2026Vote: Failed 212/217 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Nay
- H.Con.Res. 38: Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. March 5, 2026Vote: Failed 212/219 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Nay
- H.Res. 1099: Reaffirming Iran remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism. March 5, 2026Vote: Passed 372/53 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
