News
Interview: Librarian Amanda Jones Fought Christian Nationalist Censors in Her Small Town
Her new book “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America” was published in August.
Rob Boston
October 10, 2024
Rob Boston
Opinion
Christian Nationalists Want to Destroy the Johnson Amendment. Here Are 5 Reasons We Must Keep It.
Partisan politicking has no place in America’s houses of worship.
Rob Boston
September 26, 2024
News
Interview: Robert P. Jones Exposes the Disturbing Links Between Christian Nationalism and White Supremacy
Church & State Editor Rob Boston talks with Jones about his new book “The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Shared Path to an American Future.”
Rob Boston
April 4, 2024
Opinion
Is America ‘Beyond Redemption’ and Due for God’s Judgment? Speaker Mike Johnson Thinks So
Our new House Speaker is a religious extremist who believes the diversity of our nation is a bad thing that offends God – and a man who insists that his definition of faith should rule over all of us.
Rob Boston
December 8, 2023
Meet Bucks County Beacon Summer Reporting Intern Naomi Weiss
July 30, 2025
Naomi is a Pennsbury High School graduate and rising junior at the University of Pittsburgh. She has written 21 articles for us so far, with more on the way.
OPINION: What It Feels Like to Be an Immigrant Living in Trump’s America
July 30, 2025
Doylestown’s Olcay Ayata, a Turkish-American Muslim, feels unwelcome and unsafe — even as a citizen.
Photo Essay: Bearing Witness to America’s Cruel and Unusual Treatment of Immigrants
July 29, 2025
After covering weeks of abductions and disappearances of immigrants at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City starting on May 29, I remain stupefied that I am witnessing the harvesting of human beings in real time, writes photojournalist Michael Nigro.
The Battle Over Hearts and Minds in Pennsylvania’s Bible Belt
July 27, 2025
Thankfully, there are brave faith leaders standing firmly in the breach, refusing to let the Bible and the church be hijacked by Christian Nationalists.
Activists Pledge to Resist Any Federal Effort to Lift Fracking Ban in Delaware River Basin
July 26, 2025
Environmentalists say that allowing the industry to drill in Pennsylvania’s part of the watershed would risk contaminating drinking water for some 15 million people with toxic chemicals.
