Opinion
Federal Jobs Don’t Threaten the Economy, But Trump’s Tariffs Do
Trump’s crazy tariffs may trigger a recession. He wants you to blame federal workers instead.
Mitchell Zimmerman
March 13, 2025
Mitchell Zimmerman
Opinion
The Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Gives Trump King George III’s Power
The six right-wingers’ ruling turns the lessons of our history upside down. The Constitution includes no language granting the president immunity from criminal charges, and the Founding Fathers were dead set against an all-powerful executive akin to the King of England.
Mitchell Zimmerman
July 4, 2024
Opinion
MAGA Republicans Are the Republican Party
The GOP — with its love of guns and sympathy for violence, its contempt for free elections and hatred of a free press, and its embrace of white supremacy — is an extremist organization that threatens American constitutional democracy.
Mitchell Zimmerman
November 17, 2022
Opinion
Trump’s Republican Party Has Become the Party of Violence
The GOP’s gun-flaunting ads, apocalyptic messaging, and demonization of opponents are steering its followers toward bloodshed.
Mitchell Zimmerman
November 3, 2022
Hearings in Harrisburg Show Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Unable to Find Consensus Around Much-needed Cyber Charter School Reform
May 7, 2025
At the first two hearings, some folks brought receipts, and some brought excuses, while the cyber charters themselves declined to appear at all.
Senator Ruben Gallego to Host Town Hall in Bucks County as Part of DNC’s ‘Fight to Save Medicaid’ Month of Action
May 5, 2025
Gallego travels to Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District and will be joined by Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, who is running against Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, “to engage the constituents Fitzpatrick is ignoring as he backs his party’s reckless budget resolution.”
Breaking News: Head Start Survives Trump Administration Budget Proposal
May 2, 2025
Still, teachers, families and advocates remain concerned about the stability of Head Start. The Trump administration is closing several regional offices and laying off the staff who support the program, which has led to funding delays that threatened to close individual preschools.
Pennsylvania’s Inadequate Public Education Funding Takes Center Stage at Community Forum in Lower Bucks County
May 2, 2025
“If you read the news a lot last year, you might have seen that we made history with the largest state [funding] increase ever. However, it only filled 11 percent of the total gap in funding that our schools need,” said Children First’s Priyanka Reyes-Kaura.
Bucks County Opportunity Council Celebrates 18 Families Who with Public Assistance and Hard Work Won Their Wars on Poverty
April 30, 2025
BCOC’s Economic Self-sufficiency Program has now reached 420 families becoming financially independent since its inception.
