Opinion
OPINION: In Order to Save Social Security We Need to Fight for It
We must also reject any calls to privatize Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, writes Bucks County’s Steve Cickay.
Steve Cickay
February 9, 2025
Steve Cickay
Opinion
OPINION: ‘Out of the Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope’ — Preparing for Trump’s Second Term
A Bucks County progressive reflects on January 20th and how we must approach these next four years.
Steve Cickay
January 17, 2025
Opinion
Where Do Progressives Go From Here?
Doing the same old, same old with the same tired people is a recipe for continued failure, writes Bucks County’s Steve Cickay.
Steve Cickay
November 25, 2024
Opinion
Why It Is Impossible to Love Today’s Republican Party, or Even Just Respect It
Once the MAGA agenda is finally defeated and discarded, then, and only then, can we welcome the GOP back into the normal fold of our democracy.
Steve Cickay
August 6, 2024
Opinion
OPINION: The Bucks County Herald Needs to Stop Writing What Amounts to Press Releases for Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s Reelection Campaign
Voters depend on accurate and robust reporting about the Republican Congressman. Sadly that’s not happening in papers like the Bucks County Herald (or Gannett’s Courier Times).
Steve Cickay
June 2, 2024
Opinion
With Democracy Hanging in the Balance, Democrats Ashley Ehasz and Anna Payne Begin Their Quest for Victory in November
Democracy is on the ballot in November and Bucks County Democrats are wasting no time making sure voters are aware what’s at stake.
Steve Cickay
April 30, 2024
Opinion
Senator Bob Casey: An American Everyman
He actually champions the needs of ordinary American people: women’s reproductive freedom, the strength of our democracy, the prosperity of workers, lowering the cost of consumer goods, and preventing child poverty.
Steve Cickay
March 26, 2024
Opinion
OPINION: GOP Incompetence or Complicity?
Any way you look at it, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick is part of the problem of the Republican Party’s growing, and unchecked, extremism.
Steve Cickay
February 22, 2024
Opinion
Democrats Are Trying to Make Democracy Work in Harrisburg
A Republican majority in the State Senate is acting as a wall for progress by blocking critical legislation passed in the Democratic-controlled House. Voters can tear down this wall in 2024.
Steve Cickay
January 30, 2024
Interview: Author Elaine Weiss on the Four Little-Known Activists Who Were the ‘Beating Heart’ of the Civil Rights Movement
February 22, 2025
Weiss speaks about her new book “Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement,” which comes out March 4.
Bucks County Labor Leaders Praise Renewed AFL-CIO and SEIU Alliance as Essential
February 21, 2025
The solution to Trump and Musk’s trickle down chaos is organizing and solidarity.
Control of Pennsylvania Supreme Court at Stake in 2025 Election
February 21, 2025
The Democratic-majority court has played a big role in defusing election challenges. Now Republicans are mobilizing for a takeover.
Trump’s Executive Orders Seek to Erase Scientific Truth
February 20, 2025
By denying the realities of sex, gender, and race, the White House’s statements worsen inequity and cause harm.
Deporting Millions of Immigrants Would Shock the US Economy, Increasing Housing, Food and Other Prices
February 19, 2025
Why isn’t the corporate media reporting about this more, or in many cases at all?
