From MAGA to Mangione, meme-mythologies often function as rationalizations of violence — whether framed as righteous, purifying or revolutionary.
In Pennsylvania, for example, officials expect more than 300,000 residents to lose health coverage through Medicaid and over 140,000 to lose food assistance as a result of the GOP’s spending cuts.
Thankfully, there are brave faith leaders standing firmly in the breach, refusing to let the Bible and the church be hijacked by Christian Nationalists.
The city’s current housing policies do not protect tenants from unsafe housing, while proactive rental inspections show real promise for fighting persistent housing-related health problems.
A Republican majority on the state Supreme Court would significantly change the balance of power in Harrisburg and make critical decisions on issues such as elections, redistricting, abortion, LGBTQ rights, environmental protection, and more.
A New Hampshire federal district judge was able to avoid a recent Supreme Court limit on issuing nationwide injunctions by certifying the case as a class action lawsuit encompassing all children affected by the birthright order.
Trump’s “big beautiful bill” represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery.
Philly has a long history of sanitation strikes that goes back to March 1937.
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
“Homelessness is caused by poverty,” said Estelle Richman, HUD Chief Operating Officer during the Obama administration. “These are poor people … Many of them are working. They just don’t have enough money to pay the rent.”
Nuclear war is a real and present danger that we must acknowledge and confront, writes Ira Helfand.
Founder James Lamb said print media was a void that needed to be filled. “I just really like a physical, handheld thing that can be saved, that can migrate when I drop one at the bus stop.”
The Trump administration wants to scoop up voter registration lists and other election data from all 50 states.
The nonpartisan voting rights organization wants everyone in the county to be registered, educated, engaged and active voters.
