Opinion
Is It Legal? Deferring to Power and Authority Leads Inevitably to Autocracy
The disparity between the letter and practice of the law has been a defining feature of white conservatism.
William Horne
February 13, 2025
William Horne
News
Dan Berger’s ‘Stayed on Freedom’ Shows Why It’s Important to Fight Racism and Voter Suppression
Berger’s telling of this history offers both a window into and a bridge towards a better world, one that is ours—all of ours—for the taking.
William Horne
October 6, 2024
News
Heather Cox Richardson’s ‘Democracy Awakening’ Shows the Importance of Holding Right-Wing Criminals and Frauds Accountable
Richardson’s work is as much about the contradictions of our shared past as it is an urgent call to action around the current authoritarian crisis threatening American democracy.
William Horne
March 7, 2024
Opinion
Antisemitism Is a Threat to Us All — And to Democracy
The danger in antisemitic conspiracy theories lies not only in the direct threat they pose to Jewish communities, but also in the way fascists and authoritarians have used them as tools to undermine democracy.
William Horne
November 28, 2023
News
When America Refused To Hold White Supremacist Terrorists Accountable, It Made Itself Into A Klan Country
In her analysis of Reconstruction, Kidada Williams reminds us that a better world has always been possible.
William Horne
October 5, 2023
Opinion
Racist Mass Violence Isn’t Incidental To White Conservatism—It Is Its Defining Feature
From the White League Coup of 1874 to the January 6 Insurrection, white conservatives have used direct violence in attempts to seize power.
William Horne
January 5, 2023
Top 5
The Republican Party Is Unpopular and It Knows It. That’s Dangerous
Growing opposition to Republican policies disincentivizes the GOP’s already waning commitment to democracy and increases the risk of racist mass violence.
William Horne
November 22, 2022
Opinion
Why I Use The F Word (And You Should Too)
We have a fascism problem. Solving it requires that we correctly identify this problem and the dangers it creates.
William Horne
July 20, 2022
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.
