Opinion
OPINION: Wake Up Trump. Poor Kids Ain’t Got Two Dolls
Sixty percent of families in this country are living paycheck to paycheck.
Pat LaMarche
May 5, 2025
Pat LaMarche
News
Bucks County Opportunity Council Celebrates 18 Families Who with Public Assistance and Hard Work Won Their Wars on Poverty
BCOC’s Economic Self-sufficiency Program has now reached 420 families becoming financially independent since its inception.
Pat LaMarche
April 30, 2025
News
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Supports the GOP Budget Which Will Decimate Nursing Homes and Home Care in Bucks County
From Richlandtown to Bristol, Bucks County nursing home patients, home care patients, and the staff who care for them will be directly impacted by expected massive cuts to Medicaid.
Pat LaMarche
April 13, 2025
Opinion
Homelessness Is Not Fun and Games, Though Nintendo Thinks It Is
Kids’ games like “Street Survival Homeless Simulator” available on Nintendo Switch illustrate just how broken our society has become as we commodify everything – even people’s suffering.
Pat LaMarche
April 2, 2025
News
Food Insecurity in Bucks County Worsened by Trump and DOGE Cuts
Locally, the cuts have already hacked away about one-third of the $800,000 the federal government had been sending to supplement Bucks County Opportunity Council programs like Fresh Connect.
Pat LaMarche
March 28, 2025
Opinion
OPINION: International Women’s Day Must Be a Welcome Space for Trans Women
Bucks County Beacon reporter Pat LaMarche shares her thoughts on what solidarity and inclusiveness ought to look like on this important day – and year-round.
Pat LaMarche
March 8, 2025
News
Nearly 1 in 3 Families with Children in Bucks County Are Struggling Economically, Says New Report
This is why State Rep. Jim Prokopiak keeps his focus in Harrisburg squarely on “increased education funding, and [the need to] make sure that we have access to affordable healthcare and good paying jobs.”
Pat LaMarche
March 7, 2025
News
Bucks County Labor Leaders Praise Renewed AFL-CIO and SEIU Alliance as Essential
The solution to Trump and Musk’s trickle down chaos is organizing and solidarity.
Pat LaMarche
February 21, 2025
News
Trump’s War on DEI Is Decimating HUD’s Homelessness Response Infrastructure While Evicting Key Personnel from Their Positions
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development provides technical assistance to communities and agencies working to end homelessness across the nation – including Bucks County.
Pat LaMarche
February 10, 2025
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.
