Opinion
Letters: GOP Response to the State of the Union, the Pennsylvania Seven Responsible for Trump
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
March 15, 2024
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Opinion
Exploring the Connection Between Fertility Treatment and Reproductive Freedom
Being pro-choice means empowering individuals to determine their reproductive futures, including maintaining access to services such as IVF here in Pennsylvania.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
March 13, 2024
Opinion
Just Say No to Governor Shapiro’s Performance-based Budgeting for Public Higher Education
This proposal is akin to putting PASSHE institutions into a pressure cooker and threatening them to grow or die, write concerned West Chester University faculty members.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
March 11, 2024
Opinion
Same Job? Same Pay. It’s That Simple.
March 12 is Women’s Equal Pay Day – and it’s how far into 2024 a woman has to work to earn the same money a man did by the end of 2023 when they both started counting on New Year’s Day 2023.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
March 11, 2024
News
U.S. Christian Right Has Taken Aim at LGBTIQ+ Rights, Sex Education, and Abortion in Africa
A Q&A with Haley McEwen about her new book “The US Christian Right and Pro-Family Politics in 21st Century Africa.”
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
March 10, 2024
Opinion
How Teens Benefit from Being Able to Read ‘Disturbing’ Books That Some Want to Ban
Students who read and talk to each other about stories with social themes report greater motivation to read, greater use of reading strategies, and insight into human nature than those who do not.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
March 5, 2024
News
New Jersey Residents More Worried by Book Bans Than Controversial School Lessons, Poll Says
“Sometimes, the loudest voices we hear and the strongest voices we hear don’t necessarily reflect the majority,” said Ashley Koning, the poll’s director.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 27, 2024
Opinion
Philadelphia Mayor Might Consider These Lessons from New York City Before Expanding Stop-and-Frisk
The greater use of stop-and-frisk could lead to a myriad of unwanted consequences, such as lawsuits against the city, greater racial disparities in the criminal justice system, citizen unrest, and distrust of the police.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 25, 2024
Opinion
Letters: America First Redux, Yet Another Reason Not to Vote for Trump, and Do-Nothing Republicans
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 22, 2024
Interview: The Democratic Party Needs a Generational Change in Leadership, with Daily Beast Columnist Rotimi Adeoye
November 22, 2024
“The American people have said that the Democratic Party of right now is not what they want,” the Bucks County native told Editor Cyril Mychalejko.
ACLU and Ramsingh Legal Ask Federal Court to Order Souderton Area School District to Stop Targeting Critics and Stifling Free Speech
November 21, 2024
The district “has engaged in a pattern of conduct designed to silence its critics,” said ACLU of Pennsylvania Deputy Legal Director Sara Rose.
Riled Up MAGA Faithful From Across Pennsylvania Crash Bucks County Commissioners Meeting
November 20, 2024
Sean Moon, leader of the “antigovernment Christian gun cult” Rod of Iron Ministries, even made an appearance.
Protecting Central Bucks School District from the Trump Administration Depends on Community Engagement
November 20, 2024
The 2023 school board election that swept Moms for Liberty-backed MAGA candidates at the polls illustrates the power of community organizing in defense of public education.
American Education Week Is a Celebration of Our Public Schools. Donald Trump Has Them In His Crosshairs
November 19, 2024
For me, like so many others, public school provided me access to a better future, writes Tabitha Dell’Angelo.