Opinion
Billionaires Are Bad for Democracy
A new report reveals how oligarchs like Pennsylvania’s Jeffrey Yass are using their wealth to purchase the worst democracy money can buy.
Cyril Mychalejko
July 25, 2022
Cyril Mychalejko
News
Doug Mastriano Refuses to Answer Tough Question from Conservative Media Outlet: Why Are You Running?
The real question is why is the retired Army colonel so afraid of journalists and answering simple questions?
Cyril Mychalejko
July 21, 2022
News
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Votes Against Abortion Rights, Again
The anti-choice Republican voted against protecting girls and women’s rights to reproductive freedom and access to abortion.
Cyril Mychalejko
July 18, 2022
News
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Votes Against Combatting White Supremacist and Neo-Nazi Activity in Military and Law Enforcement
The Pentagon has already raised alarms about white supremacist inroads into our armed forces. However, PA01’s Republican congressman is apparently unconcerned.
Cyril Mychalejko
July 14, 2022
News
These Bucks County Lawmakers Voted to Ban Abortion in the PA Constitution
Women’s rights and abortion rights are on the ballot this November. Local elections have never mattered more.
Cyril Mychalejko
July 11, 2022
Opinion
The Christian Right and Its Top Crusader Seek to Conquer Pennsylvania
I spoke with Frederick Clarkson about his recent profile of Doug Mastriano, the movement that carried the far-right state senator to this moment, and what his election as governor would mean for PA.
Cyril Mychalejko
July 10, 2022
Opinion
Local Journalism Is Critical To Saving Democracy in Our Authoritarian Era
A new report by the group Protect Democracy should be required reading for editors and reporters at the Bucks County Courier Times and The Intelligencer newspapers.
Cyril Mychalejko
June 26, 2022
Opinion
Five Stories Gannett’s Bucks County Courier Times Refuses to Cover, But Should
Jan. 6 hearings, Bucks GOP leader a fake elector, a local “insurrectionist” elected, forged GOP signatures, and a horrible Fitzpatrick vote: Why aren’t these stories newsworthy?
Cyril Mychalejko
June 19, 2022
Education
Florida Teacher Shows Bucks County Educators How to Fight Back Against Book Banning
After he was ordered to take a Kurt Vonnegut classic off the shelves, this teacher raised over $25,000 to put “Slaughterhouse-Five” and other challenged books into the hands of students.
Cyril Mychalejko
June 12, 2022
Political Stress: How to Manage It
February 23, 2025
Research shows the distress we feel around politics can harm our physical and mental health — and it’s only getting worse.
The Seven Mountains Mandate Is the Biggest Political Story the Mainstream Media Is Missing
February 23, 2025
A coalition of spiritual advisors with nearly unimpeded access to the president aim to erase the separation of church and state, establish a specific brand of Christian dominion over every part of society, and fundamentally reconstruct life in the United States as we know it.
Interview: Author Elaine Weiss on the Four Little-Known Activists Who Were the ‘Beating Heart’ of the Civil Rights Movement
February 22, 2025
Weiss speaks about her new book “Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement,” which comes out March 4.
Bucks County Labor Leaders Praise Renewed AFL-CIO and SEIU Alliance as Essential
February 21, 2025
The solution to Trump and Musk’s trickle down chaos is organizing and solidarity.
Control of Pennsylvania Supreme Court at Stake in 2025 Election
February 21, 2025
The Democratic-majority court has played a big role in defusing election challenges. Now Republicans are mobilizing for a takeover.
