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
These Pennsylvania College and University Presidents Say the Trump Administration’s ‘Unprecedented Government Overreach’ Endangers Higher Education
April 25, 2025
There are 480 higher education leaders from across the country who have signed a letter opposing “undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live and work” on their campuses.
Trump Administration’s Proposed Funding Cuts to Head Start Would Harm Vulnerable Bucks County Kids
April 24, 2025
“We should be expanding access, not taking it away. Every child deserves a fair and equitable start, and I’ll fight in Congress to protect programs like Head Start that make that possible,” said Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, a Democratic candidate for Congress in PA-01.
Exclusive: Sheriff Fred Harran Enlists Bucks County in Trump’s Nationwide Immigration Crackdown
April 22, 2025
The Bucks County Sheriff’s office has an application pending to participate in ICE’s 287(g) “task force model”, which essentially makes local law enforcement officers de facto ICE agents.
Photo Essay: Doylestown Action League’s ‘Day of Action’ Against the Trump Administration’s Assault on Democracy
April 20, 2025
There were hundreds of rallies and protests against the Trump Administration across the country Saturday.
Pennsylvania House Democrats Want to Prohibit Cooperation with Out-of-state Criminal Abortion Investigations
April 18, 2025
The goal of the proposed legislation is to protect women who receive abortions and the doctors and nurses who provide this reproductive health care.
