Opinion
Adjuncts: The Gig Workers of Higher Education
Adjuncts like me (I teach journalism) struggle to earn enough to cover our bills, including health insurance.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 10, 2023
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
Opinion
Civil Rights Legislation Sparked Powerful Backlash That’s Still Shaping American Politics
As Washington protected Black voting rights, an emerging Republican majority capitalized on fears of an interracial democracy by associating minority rights with white oppression.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 7, 2023
Opinion
Berks County’s Immigrant Detention Center Is Finally Closed. The Work Isn’t Over
Officials should convert the onetime prison into a space that supports local families and meets the community’s needs.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 2, 2023
Opinion
Gen Z Women Will Save Our Democracy
It was Gen Z women—particularly women of color along with a distinct majority of all LGBTQ+ youth—who were the deciding factor in close Congressional races.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
January 31, 2023
Opinion
How the Distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Words Stokes Racial Division within American Society
Uses of King’s words, especially by right-wing conservatives, are too often attempts to weaponize his memory against the multicultural democracy of which King could only dream.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
January 16, 2023
Opinion
Delaware River Basin Commission: New Rules Protect Shared Delaware River Waters
The commission has established additional safeguards that will protect the health of basin residents and preserve the basin’s finite water resources for aquatic life and other uses, now and into the future.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
January 12, 2023
News
Shell’s New Pennsylvania Plant Will Produce Single-Use Plastics for 30 Years
One environmental critic is “appalled” that “the Beaver County plant is gonna ‘run and run’ with zero corporate accountability for the global scourge of waste the plant’s output will create.”
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
January 9, 2023
News
Just Over 1 in 4 Members of Congress in 2023 Will Be women
At this rate, it will take 118 years until there is gender parity. However, Democrats compose 72% of the women in this Congress.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
January 3, 2023
News
Education, Lobbying Reform, and Abortion among Issues on Lawmakers’ Agendas in Next Session
House Democratic and Republican leaders will go into the new session with horns still locked over control of the chamber.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
January 1, 2023
The Surprise IRS Move to Support Pastors’ Political Endorsements Leaves Faith Leaders and Legal Experts Divided
July 10, 2025
Raymond Chang, president of the Asian American Christian Collaborative, warned that a repeal of the Johnson Amendment could help tether some congregations to certain parties or candidates.
A Bayard Rustin Archive Aims to Preserve His Legacy as a Queer Civil Rights Activist
July 9, 2025
Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates the West Chester-born civil rights activist, a mentor to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and key architect of the March on Washington.
Democratic Congressional Candidate Bob Harvie Visits Bucks County Manufacturing Business Suffering Under Trump’s Tariff Wars
July 7, 2025
The uncertainty around the Trump administration’s tariff strategy “is creating havoc” for Warminster-based Gamry Instruments.
The GOP’s Budget Bill and Its Federal Funding Cuts Will Harm Bucks County Students
July 3, 2025
“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.
State Senator Steve Santarsiero: It’s Possible to Be an Advocate for the Homeless and Believe Encampments Are Not a Good Idea
July 2, 2025
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.
