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
Cyril Mychalejko
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
Elections
PA Senate Republicans Pass Bill That ‘Encourages Voter Intimidation’
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.
Cyril Mychalejko
June 9, 2022
Elections
Three Weeks After Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Voted Against Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, DHS Warns of Heightened Domestic Terror Threat
Candidates and election workers are among the targets in extremists’ crosshairs.
Cyril Mychalejko
June 8, 2022
The Surprise IRS Move to Support Pastors’ Political Endorsements Leaves Faith Leaders and Legal Experts Divided
July 10, 2025
Raymond Chang, president of the Asian American Christian Collaborative, warned that a repeal of the Johnson Amendment could help tether some congregations to certain parties or candidates.
A Bayard Rustin Archive Aims to Preserve His Legacy as a Queer Civil Rights Activist
July 9, 2025
Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates the West Chester-born civil rights activist, a mentor to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and key architect of the March on Washington.
Democratic Congressional Candidate Bob Harvie Visits Bucks County Manufacturing Business Suffering Under Trump’s Tariff Wars
July 7, 2025
The uncertainty around the Trump administration’s tariff strategy “is creating havoc” for Warminster-based Gamry Instruments.
The GOP’s Budget Bill and Its Federal Funding Cuts Will Harm Bucks County Students
July 3, 2025
“It is heartbreaking to see Congress embrace a budget bill that strips meals and health care away from children and families to fund massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and an unaccountable private school voucher program,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin.
State Senator Steve Santarsiero: It’s Possible to Be an Advocate for the Homeless and Believe Encampments Are Not a Good Idea
July 2, 2025
The Bucks County Beacons’s reporting on Senate Bill 780 was incomplete and inaccurate, argues the head of the Bucks County Democratic Committee in an OpEd.
