Opinion
The Only Winners in This Trade War Will Be Trump and His Fellow Billionaires
Trump’s erratic tariffs aren’t a recipe for an industrial comeback. They’re a recipe for corruption.
Peter Certo
May 2, 2025
Peter Certo
Opinion
Why the Far Right Lies About Immigrants
Many of the lies about increased crime, violence, and pet eating by Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio that Trump and Vance have repeated appear to have originated with a local neo-Nazi group called “Blood Pride.”
Peter Certo
September 11, 2024
Opinion
There’s No Debate Over Debt — Only About Priorities
If the GOP cared about debt, they’d stop cutting rich people’s taxes and give the Pentagon a haircut. So what’s this really about?
Peter Certo
May 25, 2023
Opinion
20 Years On, What Did the Iraq War Truly Cost Us?
The war claimed more than lives and treasure — it claimed a future’s worth of lost opportunities. Now, younger generations are demanding them back.
Peter Certo
March 19, 2023
Top 5
Republican ‘Solutions’ Will Make Inflation Worse
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, like all of his Republican colleagues, voted against the Child Tax Credit, the Inflation Reduction Act, and other social programs that help families cope with rising prices.
Peter Certo
October 20, 2022
Opinion
An Ugly New Era of ‘States’ Rights’
Giving extreme new powers to autocratic, gerrymandered, and unaccountable state governments is not democracy.
Peter Certo
June 29, 2022
Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want You to Read This Book. That’s Just One Reason Why You Must.
September 17, 2025
Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” very successfully flays the many layers of scar tissue that have accumulated around Facebook/Meta scandals over the past decade.
OPINION: Judicial Elections Key to Protecting Pennsylvania’s Democracy and Our Environment
September 17, 2025
In this critical moment in our nation’s history, state courts play an essential role in protecting our rights to vote, to express ourselves and to have access to clean air and pure water.
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.
