Opinion
Building A Greater Society Starts Locally
2025 represents a huge opportunity for a new generation of leadership to rise up and fill important roles throughout Bucks County.
Connor OHanlon
November 15, 2024
Connor OHanlon
Opinion
Kamala Harris’ Economic Agenda Will Lower Costs for American Families
Harris is proposing an agenda that is hopeful, one that will expand the possibility of the American Dream for younger generations, writes Doylestown Democrats Chair Connor OHanlon.
Connor OHanlon
August 18, 2024
Opinion
From Biden’s Legacy to Harris’ Leadership: The Democratic Future Ahead
The Democratic Party and the entire country can rally behind Vice President Kamala Harris to defeat convicted felon Donald Trump in November, writes Doylestown Democrats Chair Connor OHanlon.
Connor OHanlon
July 21, 2024
News
Interview: Middletown Township Supervisor Anna Payne Is Ready to Fight for Bucks County in Harrisburg
The Bucks County Democrat looks to take on PA 142nd House District incumbent – Republican Joe Hogan – who narrowly squeaked out a 76-vote victory last election.
Connor OHanlon
March 20, 2024
Opinion
Not Your Father’s Republican Party?
Trump isn’t the problem; he is a symptom of a worsening sickness that has afflcited the GOP for decades.
Connor OHanlon
February 9, 2024
Opinion
Bucks County Democrats Won Big in 2023. Here’s How We Ensure a Repeat in 2024
It starts with recognizing that what you do every day in the lead-up to an election is just as important as voting.
Connor OHanlon
January 4, 2024
News
Q&A: Local Author Jen Burns Discusses Her Book ‘The Hidden History of Bucks County’
“I am honored to live in such a place where history isn’t necessarily confined to our textbooks but is instead woven into our community,” says Burns.
Connor OHanlon
December 18, 2023
Opinion
With All Eyes on Central Bucks School Board Race, Don’t Sleep on the Doylestown Township Supervisors Election
Most folks don’t know that the same extremist movement overwhelming our school boards is also gunning for municipal roles.
Connor OHanlon
November 6, 2023
Opinion
Ban Stock Buybacks to Protect the Working Class
Money spent on stock buybacks is money that otherwise could have been used to invest in the companies’ workers by increasing wages, providing better benefits, and improving work conditions.
Connor OHanlon
October 5, 2022
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.
