News
PEMA Director Reports There Have Been UFO Sightings in Pennsylvania
“The truth is out there?”
Cyril Mychalejko
February 26, 2024
Cyril Mychalejko
News
Interview: Black History Is a History of Resistance and Liberation, with Rann Miller
Editor Cyril Mychalejko speaks with Rann about his book “Resistance Stories from Black History for Kids” and about why we are seeing a war being waged against Black History being taught in K-12 public schools and in colleges and universities across the country.
Cyril Mychalejko
February 19, 2024
Opinion
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Is A Loyal Soldier in the Crusade to End Reproductive Freedom and Ban Abortion
Democratic challenger Ashley Ehasz believes voters in Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District are ready to reject this extremism.
Cyril Mychalejko
January 22, 2024
News
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
Podcast
Understanding the Nation’s Mounting Book Banning Crisis in Public Schools, with PEN America’s Sabrina Baêta
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.
Cyril Mychalejko
January 19, 2024
News
Republican State Rep. Aaron Bernstine Wants to Kick President Biden Off the Ballot in Pennsylvania
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.
Cyril Mychalejko
January 12, 2024
News
The Bucks County Beacon’s 2023 Year In Review
Editor Cyril Mychalejko takes a look back at 12 of the top stories published in the Beacon this year. What were your favorite stories?
Cyril Mychalejko
December 31, 2023
News
Looking Back at Season 1 of the Bucks County Beacon Podcast ‘The Signal’
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.
Cyril Mychalejko
December 28, 2023
Podcast
The Signal (Episode 20) | Notes on Bucks County: Reflections on Politics in Pennsylvania’s Most Curious and Captivating Collar County, with Andy Warren and Hal Marcovitz
This is the last Episode of Season 1 of The Signal. We’ll be back in January 2024.
Cyril Mychalejko
December 1, 2023
Moms for Liberty CEO and Co-Founder Tina Descovich Verbally Attacks the Bucks County Beacon at Harrisburg-Area Event
October 8, 2025
Our crime? Journalism.
Using Black Hawk Helicopters and Chemical Agents, ICE Agents Turn Chicago Into a ‘War Zone’
October 7, 2025
Activists, residents and leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest city.
Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Is Just Another Form of Abuse for Domestic Violence Victims
October 6, 2025
As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death.
We Must Continue to Defend the Freedom to Read in Central Bucks School District
October 6, 2025
With elections next month, Central Bucks School Board’s Karen Smith reminds community members of the chaos and divisiveness Republican book banners inflicted on the district just a few years ago.
The Quiet Creep of Censorship: How ‘Everyday Banning’ Is Reshaping American Schools
October 5, 2025
PEN America’s new report “The Normalization of Book Banning” exposes how book censorship has become “rampant and common” in public schools across the United States.
