Opinion
Enough is Way Past Enough with School Shootings in Our Country
It is time for mass rallies that won’t quit, writes Bucks County mom Emily French.
Emily French
March 30, 2023
Emily French
Culture
“Walls Turned Sideways Are Bridges”: A Review of ‘An Autobiography’ by Angela Davis
Angela Davis embodies this Black History Month’s theme of Black Resistance.
Emily French
February 10, 2023
Culture
Time to Press the Reset on SCOTUS
A review of Thom Hartmann’s book “The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America.”
Emily French
December 2, 2022
Culture
Progressive Organizing Is What Wins Elections and Makes Democracy Work
A review of “Power Concedes Nothing: How Grassroots Organizing Wins Elections.”
Emily French
October 17, 2022
Culture
Work as the Way out of Poverty: A Myth
Twenty-one years after its publication, we as a society still haven’t learned the lessons from Barbara Ehrenreich’s book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.
Emily French
September 29, 2022
Culture
Give Love to Students: Keep ‘The Hate U Give’ in School Libraries
According to the American Library Association, Angie Thomas’s book was the fifth most challenged in 2021. It should be read by students (and their parents), not banned from schools.
Emily French
September 18, 2022
Culture
Loving Mother Earth and Receiving Her Love Back
Robin Wall Kimmerer in her book “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants” discusses through Indigenous storytelling and plant science solutions for fixing the planet.
Emily French
August 19, 2022
Culture
Are You Ready to Be a Jane?
Judith Arcana’s “Hello. This is Jane” tells the story of an underground abortion network pre-Roe v. Wade. This book should be read as a how-to manual now that women find themselves in the same oppressive and dangerous reality prior to 1973.
Emily French
July 22, 2022
Culture
Thinking Respectfully, Thinking Restoratively
A Review of “The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives.”
Emily French
July 7, 2022
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.
OPINION: Why Some People Are Pretending About Charlie Kirk’s History and the Truth About This Dangerous Moment
September 11, 2025
When the truth is unthinkable, we lie to ourselves and one another, writes historian Dr. William Horne.
Bucks County State Rep. Jim Prokopiak Leads Roundtable Discussion on Housing Affordability Solutions
September 11, 2025
“These communities in Bucks County were built for working-class people, and for decades it stayed that way. But since 2017, rent has gone up in our region by 50 percent,” said Prokopiak.
