News
The Bucks County Beacon’s 2024 Year In Review
Editor Cyril Mychalejko takes a look back at 10 of the top stories published in the Beacon this year. What were your favorite articles?
Cyril Mychalejko
December 31, 2024
Cyril Mychalejko
News
Interview: Former FBI Agent Who Once Infiltrated Neo-Nazi Groups and Militias Explains Why Law Enforcement Fails to Take Far-Right Extremism Seriously
Mike German spoke with Editor Cyril Mychalejko about his new book “Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within,” which comes out Jan. 7.
Cyril Mychalejko
December 21, 2024
Education
Pennridge School District Repeals Independence Law Center-Written Anti-Advocacy Policy That Banned Pride Flags
Reason and common sense are guiding decisions again as the school board turns to teachers and administrators – not right-wing Christian groups or Moms for Liberty – to regulate classrooms and school policy.
Cyril Mychalejko
December 3, 2024
Podcast
Interview: How Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement Will Legalize and Deploy Vigilantes to Push Their Agenda, with David Noll
Editor Cyril Mychalejko speaks with Noll, co-author with Jon Michaels of the new book “VIGILANTE NATION: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy.”
Cyril Mychalejko
November 30, 2024
Podcast
Interview: The Democratic Party Needs a Generational Change in Leadership, with Daily Beast Columnist Rotimi Adeoye
“The American people have said that the Democratic Party of right now is not what they want,” the Bucks County native told Editor Cyril Mychalejko.
Cyril Mychalejko
November 22, 2024
Education
ACLU and Ramsingh Legal Ask Federal Court to Order Souderton Area School District to Stop Targeting Critics and Stifling Free Speech
The district “has engaged in a pattern of conduct designed to silence its critics,” said ACLU of Pennsylvania Deputy Legal Director Sara Rose.
Cyril Mychalejko
November 21, 2024
Podcast
Interview: From the ‘Shadow Network’ to Christian Nationalists’ ‘Bad Faith’, with Journalist Anne Nelson
Nelson is an award-winning author and journalist who has published a wide range of works dealing with human rights and freedom of expression.
Cyril Mychalejko
November 10, 2024
Podcast
Is Donald Trump Mentally Unfit to Be Commander in Chief? An Interview with Military Veteran and Mental Health Professional Steve Nolan
Former Bucks County GOP Congressman Jim Greenwood, now co-chair of PA Republicans for Harris, said recently: “I believe clinically he [Trump] is what you call a malignant narcissist.”
Cyril Mychalejko
October 21, 2024
Podcast
Interview: This Graphic Novel About January 6th Has Been Sent to High Schools Across Pennsylvania
Editor Cyril Mychalejko interviewed Harvard Law Professor Alan Jenkins about “1/6: The Graphic Novel,” which he co-authored.
Cyril Mychalejko
October 4, 2024
In Less than a Year, Trump has Dismantled Healthcare Access for Hundreds of Thousands of Pennsylvanians
August 19, 2025
“Based on our records… costs could go up for Pennie enrollees by 82 percent.” That’s on average. For others, it could go up even more or – when new regulations under H.R. 1, A Big Beautiful Bill Act, go into effect – it will be eliminated entirely.
Dark Money Conservative Group Running Praise Ads on Social Media Supporting Republican Brian Fitzpatrick
August 17, 2025
“It’s no surprise that billionaires and corporate special interests who are funding a dark money group are thanking Brian Fitzpatrick,” said Bob Harvie, Bucks County Commissioner.
Bucks County Man Who Died on Frontlines Defending Ukraine From Russia Will Be Honored at Local Ukrainian Folk Festival
August 13, 2025
The 34th Annual Ukrainian folk festival on August 24, landing on Ukrainian Independence Day, will be honoring Bobby Pietrangelo of Hilltown and Corey Nawrocki of Lansdale, who both recently lost their lives fighting as soldiers for Ukraine.
Concerned Citizens Are Fighting Back Against ICE Immigration Raids and Roundups in Lehigh and Bucks Counties
August 12, 2025
“These are our neighbors, colleagues, parishioners, our students – the cruelty with which this is happening and the pace is unacceptable. And a lot of people feel that way,” said Bucks County’s Barbara Simmons.
Trump to Deploy National Guard to Streets of DC and Place City Police Under Federal Control to ‘Liberate’ Nation’s Capital
August 11, 2025
He is also enlisting FBI, AFT, ICE, DEA, and U.S. Marshals Service agents to assist in his plans to purge the city of its homeless population and crack down on crime.
