Opinion
OPINION: ICE Agents Patrolling Bucks County? Not on Our Watch
It’s time to tell Sheriff Harran that we will not let Bucks County become a playground for ICE.
Laura Rose
April 27, 2025
Laura Rose
Opinion
Words That Wound: How the MAGA Movement’s Language of Immigration Fuels Dehumanization
We must not let the hateful language of immigration continue to corrupt our thoughts, bury the facts, incite violence, and desensitize us into believing that immigrants are less deserving of empathy, basic human rights, and mercy, writes Bucks County’s Laura Rose.
Laura Rose
January 31, 2025
Opinion
Project 2025’s Assault on Women
The plan for Trump’s potential second term is an unbridled assault on every woman’s autonomy.
Laura Rose
September 11, 2024
Opinion
According to the Folks at Project 2025, You Might Be a Pornographer
While Project 2025 doesn’t clearly define what it considers pornography, this ambiguity allows Christian Nationalists to selectively weaponize it against the usual targets, such as sex education in schools, LGBTQ+ themed library books, or even a sex advice column in a magazine.
Laura Rose
August 9, 2024
The Surprise IRS Move to Support Pastors’ Political Endorsements Leaves Faith Leaders and Legal Experts Divided
July 10, 2025
Raymond Chang, president of the Asian American Christian Collaborative, warned that a repeal of the Johnson Amendment could help tether some congregations to certain parties or candidates.
A Bayard Rustin Archive Aims to Preserve His Legacy as a Queer Civil Rights Activist
July 9, 2025
Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates the West Chester-born civil rights activist, a mentor to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and key architect of the March on Washington.
Democratic Congressional Candidate Bob Harvie Visits Bucks County Manufacturing Business Suffering Under Trump’s Tariff Wars
July 7, 2025
The uncertainty around the Trump administration’s tariff strategy “is creating havoc” for Warminster-based Gamry Instruments.
The GOP’s Budget Bill and Its Federal Funding Cuts Will Harm Bucks County Students
July 3, 2025
“It is heartbreaking to see Congress embrace a budget bill that strips meals and health care away from children and families to fund massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and an unaccountable private school voucher program,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin.
State Senator Steve Santarsiero: It’s Possible to Be an Advocate for the Homeless and Believe Encampments Are Not a Good Idea
July 2, 2025
The Bucks County Beacons’s reporting on Senate Bill 780 was incomplete and inaccurate, argues the head of the Bucks County Democratic Committee in an OpEd.
