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Lambertville Artist Practices Creative Resistance to Transform MAGA Vandalism at a Local Park
Gwenn Seemel’s “artistic interventions” remind us that activism and dissent can come in many different forms.
Cyril Mychalejko
January 21, 2024
Gwenn Seemel’s “artistic interventions” remind us that activism and dissent can come in many different forms.
From July 2021 to June 2023, PEN America recorded 5,894 instances of book bans across 41 states and 247 public school districts. And Pennsylvania was one of the worst states, coming in behind just Florida and Texas.
The GOP lawmaker who in 2020 thought it was funny to share a video on Snapchat of him making his then 5-year-old son smoke a cigar and use foul language is making the rounds touting his latest bright idea.
Editor Cyril Mychalejko takes a look back at 12 of the top stories published in the Beacon this year. What were your favorite stories?
We dove into Bucks County history, covered the school board wars, examined the growing threat of Christian Nationalism, discussed parenting a trans child, and much more.
This is the last Episode of Season 1 of The Signal. We’ll be back in January 2024.
Thirteen petitions have been filed in the Court of Common Pleas challenging the election results for three new Democratic school board members. It’s pathetic.
Learn about the far-right charismatic Christian movement that seeks to seize Dominion over society’s Seven Mountains: family, religion, education, media, entertainment, business, and government.
If the Bucks County Beacon is going to be here for the long haul, and save the area from becoming a news desert where extremism and authoritarianism flourishes, we need the community to invest in our independent media project.
Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are fear-mongering over noncitizen voting, which is among the oldest tactics in American electoral politics.
Student climate justice activist Eliana Atienza shares how the campus organization is working to create change at the University of Pennsylvania.
We need to fight for environmental justice until all marginalized communities have access to clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment. It’s a matter of life or death.
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania School Directors Coalition founder Christina Brussalis is tight-lipped about who’s funding the organization, who’s on the board, and whether they are working with the Independence Law Center.
“Access to health care is inextricably linked to economic mobility, and basic preventative care like birth control should not be a luxury that is only available to some,” said Bucks County State Rep. Tim Brennan.
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