News
Newtown Township Takes First Step to Break Free from Plastics
Activist turned township supervisor Elen Snyder led the campaign to get this resolution passed.
Cyril Mychalejko
April 15, 2022
Cyril Mychalejko
Education
Report: Only Texas Bans More Books Than Pennsylvania
Bucks County has become ground zero in Pennsylvania in the fight over banning and censoring books.
Cyril Mychalejko
April 12, 2022
Education
Council Rock Students’ Fight for Academic Freedom Is Just Beginning
Students have long been protagonists throughout U.S. history, and right now Bucks County students find themselves in a movement moment.
Cyril Mychalejko
April 8, 2022
News
Bucks County Can Tell Pennsylvania What It Thinks About Drinking Forever Chemicals
“Forever chemicals” are no stranger to Bucks County residents. Share your concerns now and help impose stricter limits.
Cyril Mychalejko
April 7, 2022
Top 5
Pennsylvania’s School Funding Scheme Creates a Permanent Underclass. That May Be the Point
Pennsylvania Republicans think the state’s K-12 education system is working just fine even though poor, Black, and Latino kids are not getting the same educational opportunities as more affluent white students.
Cyril Mychalejko
April 1, 2022
Elections
YouTube Pulling PA GOP Gubernatorial Forum Video for Misinformation Leaves Voters Uninformed
Voters should know what Republican candidates said last week in Bucks County, even if what they said veered off into conspiracy theories.
Cyril Mychalejko
March 29, 2022
Education
Bucks County ‘Cheer Mom’ Case Was A Complete Dumpster Fire
A false “deep fake” accusation by a cop later charged with possessing child porn almost makes a local mom’s guilty verdict for harassment anti-climactic.
Cyril Mychalejko
March 29, 2022
News
Local Trump Supporter Targets Democratic Congressional Candidate Ashley Ehasz With ‘Frivolous Lawsuit’
In a lawsuit so absurd as to rightfully be called ridiculous, Bucks County’s Jim Worthington wants Democratic congressional candidate Ashley Ehasz to pay him for “emotional distress.”
Cyril Mychalejko
March 25, 2022
Opinion
PA GOP Has Weaponized Constitutional Amendments to Subvert Democracy
While Pennsylvania Republicans’ efforts to undermine democracy may not always be grossly apparent, they are no less dangerous; in fact, they may be more so. Constitutional amendments are one effective strategy.
Cyril Mychalejko
March 18, 2022
Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie Announces Run to Unseat Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick in 2026
April 3, 2025
“The reason I win tough races is simple – I listen to people and I fight for them,” Harvie said.
Pennsylvania Health Advocates Say Governor Shapiro Has Let Residents Down on Fracking Protections
April 3, 2025
A new report assesses the governor’s first two years, concluding that a few positive steps are outweighed by larger inaction.
How Democrats Can Win By Organizing from the County Up
April 2, 2025
In her new role as a party leader, Jane Kleeb is organizing Democrats to go on the offensive.
Pennsylvania Immigrant Rights Advocates Urge Passage of the American Dream and Promise Act
March 31, 2025
“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.
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s Phony Telephone Town Halls Are Like Crank Calls to Democracy
March 30, 2025
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.
