Events
Weekend Picks: Fall Festivals Galore
FRIDAY Happy Decorative Gourd Season! Bucks is home to all kinds of festivals this weekend as we enter fall, lots of them featuring
Joey Sweeney
September 24, 2021
Joey Sweeney
Education
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: How Palisades SD Wound Up Going All Virtual For School Board Meetings
“I mean, this is just aggressive to a level that’s insane.”
Joey Sweeney
September 21, 2021
Elections
Watch: Bucks United Launches Aggressive Ad Campaign To Turn County All The Way Blue
As election season in Bucks begins to warm up, we have what looks like our first “everybody on the same team” TV spot.
Joey Sweeney
September 20, 2021
News
Fitz Roundup: Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
When we last checked with Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, before the weekend, the legislator from Bucks was very busy not saying anything at all
Joey Sweeney
September 20, 2021
Elections
PA GOP Legislators Vote To Subpoena Records For Ill-Conceived “Fraudit,” Santarsiero & Other Push Back
On Wednesday, PA GOP Legislators attempted to push forward with their plan, at this late date, to proceed with an audit of the
Joey Sweeney
September 17, 2021
News
Listen: Kierstyn Zolfo of Bucks Co. Indivisible on Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Paths To Activism In Bucks, & More
If you’re looking for a quick and handy primer on the state of progressive politics in Bucks — or frankly, even the state
Joey Sweeney
September 17, 2021
Events
To-Do This Weekend: Yardley Harvest Day & Lots More
Friday Two o’clock in the afternoon, if you can somehow manage it, is one of the better hours of the day on Friday
Joey Sweeney
September 15, 2021
News
Fitzpatrick Notably, Eerily Silent On Alleged Insurrection Ties
In the wake of yesterday’s big story aligning Bucks’ own GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick with the Stop The Steal movement that incited the
Joey Sweeney
September 14, 2021
News
Has Fitzpatrick Worn Out One, Or Both Sides, Of His Mouth?
History tells us that normalization is the key way, over a variety of eras, that fascism spreads. If you’re not a part of
Joey Sweeney
September 13, 2021
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.
