News
Independent Journalism Is a Public Good That Needs Public Support
The long-term viability and continued growth of the Bucks County Beacon depends on readers becoming monthly sustainers.
Cyril Mychalejko
March 3, 2023
Cyril Mychalejko
Podcast
The Signal (Episode 3): The Radical History of International Women’s Day and the Feminist Movement, with Liza Featherstone
On this episode, I welcome Liza Featherstone to the show. Liza Featherstone (@lfeatherz) is an author, journalist, essayist and critic. She is a columnist
Cyril Mychalejko
March 3, 2023
Opinion
Moms for Liberty Bucks County Leaders Think Public Schools Are Trying to Bring Pedophilia Into the Classrooms
The two heads of the extremist group’s local chapter gave an interview last week about the “battle of good and evil” they are fighting.
Cyril Mychalejko
February 27, 2023
Podcast
The Signal (Episode 2) Merchants of Deception: The Dark Money & Parent Props Trying to Destroy Public Education, with Maurice Cunningham
In this episode we unmask the right-wing extremist figures, their tactics, and the funding behind today’s attack on public education in Bucks County and beyond.
Cyril Mychalejko
February 17, 2023
Podcast
The Signal (Episode 1) – Immigrant Solidarity: From Bucks County to the Border with Sue-Ann DiVito
The Bucks County Beacon kicks off its new podcast by interviewing a local immigrant rights solidarity activist about her recent trip to the Texas-Mexico border.
Cyril Mychalejko
February 3, 2023
Opinion
It Takes a Village: Expelling Right-Wing Extremism from Bucks County School Districts
What we are seeing today in Central Bucks School District is just the latest chapter in the history of the right’s long war against public education – and progress in general.
Cyril Mychalejko
January 30, 2023
News
Central Bucks School District Will Actually Host Town Halls with Teachers About Classroom Censorship Policy, But After It Already Passed
Too little, too late: Why weren’t teacher and staff feedback elicited and prioritized during the crafting of the policy?
Cyril Mychalejko
January 13, 2023
News
Three Bucks County Republicans Join Democrats to Elect House Speaker in Harrisburg
For freshman Republican lawmakers Hogan and Marcell, who joined Tomlinson, their very first vote in office was a display of bipartisanship to elect Democrat Mark Rozzi.
Cyril Mychalejko
January 5, 2023
News
The Bucks County Beacon’s Year in Review
Editor Cyril Mychalejko takes a look at 10 of the top stories published in the Beacon in 2022. What were the top stories you read this year?
Cyril Mychalejko
December 23, 2022
Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition Launches Solidarity Fund for Immigrant Communities Across Pennsylvania
October 9, 2025
PA FIRE’s goal is to create “a groundbreaking, statewide initiative to protect immigrant rights, expand vital services and drive long-term systems change across the commonwealth.”
With SNAP Cuts, Rising Hunger and Funding Reductions, Bucks County Food Banks Feeling Squeezed
October 9, 2025
“Families are feeling the pressure, and so are the systems meant to support them,” said Elizabeth Zbinden, Food Program Manager with Bucks County Opportunity Council.
Moms for Liberty CEO and Co-Founder Tina Descovich Verbally Attacks the Bucks County Beacon at Harrisburg-Area Event
October 8, 2025
Our crime? Journalism.
Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Is Just Another Form of Abuse for Domestic Violence Victims
October 6, 2025
As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death.
We Must Continue to Defend the Freedom to Read in Central Bucks School District
October 6, 2025
With elections next month, Central Bucks School Board’s Karen Smith reminds community members of the chaos and divisiveness Republican book banners inflicted on the district just a few years ago.
