No matter who wins the election, Christian nationalism is growing within the United States, and this has global repercussions. We ignore it at our peril.
The 19th has pulled together what we know about where Harris stands on key issues, based on what she’s done while vice president and what she’s said during her run.
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
A conversation with Death Penalty Action Co-founder and Executive Director Abe Bonowitz.
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
These two instances of police violence highlight the cyclical nature of police violence against Black Americans – and the growing mistrust among Black Americans for local police.
Under Walz’s leadership, Minnesota expanded abortion rights and LGBTQ+ rights, now provides free lunch and breakfast to Minnesota’s K-12 students, and made public colleges tuition-free for families earning less than $80,000 a year.
V-Dem Institute, a global research organization that monitors indicators of democracy around the world, determined that academic freedom has “substantially worsened” in the United States in recent years.
Christian nationalism thrives on fear, insecurity and hate. By casting illegal immigrants as criminals, child traffickers and drug dealers, Trump continues to fan the flames of fear in his followers.
“It is heartbreaking to see Congress embrace a budget bill that strips meals and health care away from children and families to fund massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and an unaccountable private school voucher program,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin.
The Bucks County Beacons’s reporting on Senate Bill 780 was incomplete and inaccurate, argues the head of the Bucks County Democratic Committee in an OpEd.
Education reporter Peter Greene breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor.
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
“This bill would allow you to set aside any state law, you could pollute the air as much as you want, you could pollute the water as much as you want, you could do anything essentially that you wanted that would ordinarily violate the law,” said former Secretary for PA’s Department of Environmental Protection David Hess.
