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
The GOP House Budget Bill Also Takes Aim at Public Education with Its Private School Voucher Scheme
May 28, 2025
Buried within the bill is language that would create federal education private school vouchers and provide a tax dodge for the wealthy while eroding the public school system in favor of taxpayer-subsidized discrimination.
In a Contentious 5-4 Vote, Centennial School Board Makes Abram Lucabaugh Their Next Superintendent
May 27, 2025
“I’m extraordinarily disappointed and angry that the majority of the board chose to ignore the very real concerns and wishes of their constituents in an apparent bid to further their own agendas,” said Nicole Lynch, a Centennial parent from Southampton Township.
More Than 3 Million People Would Lose SNAP Benefits Under GOP Bill, Says Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office
May 25, 2025
“It is infuriating that Republicans in Congress are willing to make our children go hungry so they can give tax breaks to the already rich,” Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig told States Newsroom.
End of Emergency Housing Voucher Program Will Increase Homelessness in Pennsylvania
May 23, 2025
Funding is running out for a federal rental assistance program, putting families across the commonwealth at risk of eviction.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Votes for Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ That Will Cut Medicaid and Food Stamp Spending by Nearly $1 Trillion
May 22, 2025
The Congressional Budget Office estimates this budget will cut $698 billion in Medicaid spending, causing approximately 8.6 million people to lose their health care coverage. It will also result in 3 million less people a month receiving SNAP food stamps benefits.
