Opinion
Every Community Must Embrace Human Rights Day Every Day
Human rights are a pathway to building a better world – and it starts locally.
Barbara Simmons
December 10, 2024
Barbara Simmons
Opinion
Trump’s Reelection Is White Supremacy’s Welcome Mat
Without vigilance and community organizing, white supremacy will continue to be normalized and spread, warns long-time Bucks County peace activist Barbara Simmons.
Barbara Simmons
November 17, 2024
Opinion
On International Day of Peace, Let’s Pledge to Make Peace a Bigger Part of Our Lives
If we taught peace lessons to youth each year – grades K-12 – would they change how they handle conflict?
Barbara Simmons
September 21, 2023
Top 5
Why I Commemorate the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
As we commemorate the tragic, devastating events on August 6 and 9, let us work towards peace on a local level, on a national level, and on the global level.
Barbara Simmons
August 7, 2023
Opinion
Human Rights Day: Think Globally, Act Locally
Longtime Bucks County peace activist Barbara Simmons reflects on why we commemorate this day, and what we can do throughout the year to promote and protect human rights.
Barbara Simmons
December 9, 2022
Opinion
Raising Our Children as Future Leaders in an Era of Book Banning and Attacks on ‘Critical Race Theory’
When we decide to take books off the shelves because they don’t represent your family’s values, we are creating leaders who will be ill-informed, less compassionate, and less empathic.
Barbara Simmons
September 21, 2022
Education
What Does It Take to Be an Ally to Kids?
If we want teachers in Bucks County schools to be Allies, they need to count on us to be an Ally to them.
Barbara Simmons
May 19, 2022
Opinion
International Women’s Day: Replace Patriarchy with Matriarchy to Build a Better World
Use International Women’s Day as a reminder that women offer a saner, more compassionate worldview.
Barbara Simmons
March 8, 2022
Interview: Former FBI Agent Who Once Infiltrated Neo-Nazi Groups and Militias Explains Why Law Enforcement Fails to Take Far-Right Extremism Seriously
December 21, 2024
Mike German spoke with Editor Cyril Mychalejko about his new book “Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within,” which comes out Jan. 7.
Photo Essay: The March to Defend Immigrants’ Lives in Philadelphia
December 18, 2024
Immigrant solidarity protesters marched through the streets of downtown Philly, starting at Independence Hall. This is in reaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations.
It’s Do or Die Time for Philly Hydrogen Hub, and Some Green Groups Are Rooting for Death
December 16, 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy is dangling $750 million for the buildout of a hydrogen hub around Philadelphia. But the looming Trump presidency and strong economic headwinds endanger its prospects.
Bucks County’s 2024 Poet Laureate Uses Poetry and Dance to Destigmatize People with Schizophrenia
December 13, 2024
Lake Angela was moved by her own experiences with schizophrenia and the stories of the treatment patients in her dance therapy groups faced at the psychiatric institution.
White Fragility Leads Pennsylvania to Backtrack on Mandating Culturally Relevant Teacher Guidelines
December 11, 2024
The move to erase attention to anti-bias and culture in schools is grounded in denial that concerns about systemic racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc., are real.