News
Interview: Author Laura Pappano on Her New Book ‘School Moms’ and the Fight to Save Public Education from Extremists
“We have to show up. Democracy is not a spectator sport.”
Lela Casey
February 29, 2024
Lela Casey
News
Would Open Primaries in Pennsylvania Strengthen Democracy?
The League of Women Voters of Bucks County held a forum that argued more open primaries could help ease the stranglehold the two-party system has on American politics and lead to more voter participation.
Lela Casey
February 15, 2024
News
Central Bucks School Board’s Democratic Majority Members Endorse Joe Khan for Pennsylvania Attorney General
“It means so much to have the support of these amazing public servants. They are heroes to Central Bucks parents like me,” said Khan.
Lela Casey
February 2, 2024
News
New PA Human Relations Commission Regulations Protecting the LGBTQ Community Are a ‘Game Changer’
However, there is still more work that can be done to create “a more inclusive, welcoming and safe community for the diverse spectrum of humanity” here in Bucks County and across the state, says Rainbow Room Director Marlene Pray.
Lela Casey
January 24, 2024
News
Bucks County Democrat Joe Khan Wants to Be Pennsylvania’s Next Attorney General
He sat down with the Bucks County Beacon to talk about his experience and his vision for representing and protecting all citizens of the Commonwealth.
Lela Casey
January 22, 2024
News
Event: Meet the Democratic Candidates for Pennsylvania Attorney General
Sign up today and submit questions you’d like the candidates to answer at Monday’s virtual event.
Lela Casey
January 12, 2024
Opinion
OPINION: Why The CB Forward Candidates Will Not Properly Support the Jewish Community
If the past is prologue, the future won’t look good in Central Bucks School District if these Republican school board candidates win.
Lela Casey
November 3, 2023
Opinion
A Long List of Deceptive and Divisive Campaign Tactics Used by Paul Martino’s Central Bucks School Board Candidates
If CB Forward candidates can’t run an ethical campaign, how can voters trust them to lead the school district?
Lela Casey
October 29, 2023
Opinion
Voters Can Stop Book Banning in Central Bucks School District
Books can provide readers with places of connection, build empathy, and overcome division. Banning books accomplished the opposite.
Lela Casey
October 4, 2023
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.
Banned Books Week: A Local Reflection From a Pennridge School District Dad
October 5, 2025
When politicians order books off the shelves, they aren’t protecting kids—they’re silencing voices, narrowing choices, and undermining the very purpose of a public education, writes Darren Laustsen.
