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.
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.
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?
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.
This should be seen as part of the GOP’s national plan to deploy “an army” of operatives as poll workers in key swing states.
Candidates and election workers are among the targets in extremists’ crosshairs.
“Pride Month has always been about struggle and resistance, in addition to celebration and parades … we must continue to fight for the rights of all LGBTQ+ folks,” says Marlene Pray.
While Bucks County’s two daily newspapers are shrinking their opinion section, the Bucks County Beacon is expanding ours.
Efforts to instill fear and repress the First Amendment in Central Bucks meet passionate resistance from librarians, educators, and parents.
Kids’ games like Nintendo’s “Street Survival Homeless Simulator” illustrate just how broken our society has become as we commodify everything – even people’s suffering.
The judge ruled that rejecting mail ballots for issues with the date on the outer envelope violates voters’ First Amendment rights, since voting is considered an expression of free speech.
“It is inconceivable that after decades of promises and political posturing, Congress has yet to pass a permanent solution for undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children and other undocumented people,” said Make the Road PA’s Armando Jiménez.
“Danny is a battle-tested patriot who represents the best of his generation. Bucks County will be safer with him as our Sheriff,” said former Bucks County Congressman Patrick Murphy.
We need a representative in Congress who engages not in sophistry, but in truth-telling, and one who has the courage to have in-person town halls open to all their constituents, writes Newtown’s Steve Cickay.
