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
Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want You to Read This Book. That’s Just One Reason Why You Must.
September 17, 2025
Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” very successfully flays the many layers of scar tissue that have accumulated around Facebook/Meta scandals over the past decade.
OPINION: Judicial Elections Key to Protecting Pennsylvania’s Democracy and Our Environment
September 17, 2025
In this critical moment in our nation’s history, state courts play an essential role in protecting our rights to vote, to express ourselves and to have access to clean air and pure water.
Interview: Charlie Kirk Was ‘Face of Christian Nationalism’ Trying to Conquer the Education ‘Mountain’
September 15, 2025
University of North Georgia’s Matthew Boedy spoke to the Bucks County Beacon about his new book, “The Seven Mountains Mandate,” and how Kirk was part of this movement seeking right-wing Christian dominion over government and society.
OPINION: Democracy Requires Our Attention, All The Time
September 15, 2025
On this Democracy Day, I want us to remember: democracy isn’t just something we inherit, it’s something we build — one election, one conversation, one act of civic engagement at a time, writes Bob Harvie.
Why Journalists Are Reluctant to Call Trump an Authoritarian – and Why That Matters for Democracy
September 15, 2025
Because authoritarianism is most visible in hindsight, people often don’t recognize it until it’s too late.
