Opinion
OPINION: Together and Indivisible, We Will Prevail
We the People must choose to work tirelessly to save American democracy, writes Newtown’s Steve Cickay.
Steve Cickay
May 10, 2025
Steve Cickay
Opinion
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s Phony Telephone Town Halls Are Like Crank Calls to Democracy
We need a representative in Congress who engages not in sophistry, but in truth-telling, and one who has the courage to have in-person town halls open to all their constituents, writes Newtown’s Steve Cickay.
Steve Cickay
March 30, 2025
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
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
Pennsylvania Homeless Advocates Condemn Trump’s Plans to Punish the Unhoused, Involuntarily Commit Them
August 7, 2025
“Homelessness is caused by poverty,” said Estelle Richman, HUD Chief Operating Officer during the Obama administration. “These are poor people … Many of them are working. They just don’t have enough money to pay the rent.”
80 Years After the US Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Nuclear Threat Remains Grave
August 5, 2025
Nuclear war is a real and present danger that we must acknowledge and confront, writes Ira Helfand.
Rivot Magazine Provides Bucks County a Much-needed Print Music and News Publication With a Punk Rock Ethos
August 4, 2025
Founder James Lamb said print media was a void that needed to be filled. “I just really like a physical, handheld thing that can be saved, that can migrate when I drop one at the bus stop.”
DOJ’s Demand for State Voter Lists Are a Major Battleground in Fights Over Access to the Polls
August 4, 2025
The Trump administration wants to scoop up voter registration lists and other election data from all 50 states.
New Pennsylvania Project Opens Office in Bensalem, Its First in Bucks County
August 2, 2025
The nonpartisan voting rights organization wants everyone in the county to be registered, educated, engaged and active voters.
