News
‘A New War on Cancer’ by Kristina Marusic Highlights the Environmental Causes of Cancer
A new generation of doctors, researchers, and advocates are focused on changing the system of prevention.
Ava Lobach
July 3, 2023
Culture
Opinion
Book Review: ‘Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything,’ by Kelly Weill
Today’s internet landscape resembles a conspiracy Venn Diagram with overlapping spheres of QAnon, anti-vax, anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi ideology all occupying and competing for the same ground. Flat Earthers live in this environment and are sustained by it.
Dr. Michael D. Gambone
June 29, 2023
Opinion
Why Americans Shouldn’t Dismiss Shiny Happy People’s Warning of a Christian-Controlled Nation
An unexpected twist to the documentary comes when the filmmakers show the grooming of future homeschooled politicians who would go into our nation’s capital to push for strict Christian views and policies.
Lydia Joy Launderville
June 22, 2023
News
Warminster Township Free Library Invites You To Ride On The Underground Railroad with Harriet Tubman
As part of the library’s Juneteenth Celebration, the Tubman Living History Experience offers a true representation of the life and times of the remarkable woman who provided a ticket to freedom for people wanting to escape slavery in the south.
Jenny Stephens
June 19, 2023
Opinion
6 Books That Explain the History and Meaning of Juneteenth
These books about Juneteenth offer fresh perspectives on the history and culture of African Americans on a quest to fully express their freedom.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
June 19, 2023
Podcast
The Signal (Episode 9) | Feminicide, Impunity, and the U.S.’s Bloody History in Guatemala, with Victoria Sanford
Victoria speaks about her new book “Textures of Terror: The Murder of Claudina Isabel Velasquez and Her Father’s Quest for Justice,” which she wrote, in part, “to help readers understand the violence and corruption that drives migration.”
Cyril Mychalejko
June 16, 2023
News
Summer Reading: 5 Books That Explore LGBTQ Teen and Young Adult Life
Jonathan Alexander, who has just stepped down as the children’s and young adult fiction section editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books, put together a list of “must-reads” for this summer.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
June 1, 2023
News
To Understand Groups Like Moms for Liberty and the Republican Party’s MAGA Base, Look to the John Birch Society
A review of Matthew Dallek’s “Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right.”
Dr. Michael D. Gambone
June 1, 2023
Opinion
Poem: White Gloves
Steve Nolan, a 30-year military veteran and 25-year mental health professional, wrote this poem about his experience with bereavement counseling for the U.S. government.
Steve Nolan
May 29, 2023
Bucks County Sheriff Fred Harran’s Lawyer Calls ACLU and Fellow Plaintiffs in ICE Lawsuit Part of ‘Violent and Radical Left’
October 11, 2025
What’s next? Labelling them Antifa. Local voters must deport this MAGA sheriff from his office on Nov. 4 to end his ICE 287(g) agreement once and for all, writes Editor Cyril Mychalejko.
‘Ban This! How One School Fought Two Book Bans and Won’ Authors Set to Speak in Newtown and Doylestown
October 11, 2025
“We are all looking for some kind of hope; for someone who has been successful in taking on the far right,” said Barbara Simmons, executive director of The Peace Center in Langhorne.
Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition Launches Solidarity Fund for Immigrant Communities Across Pennsylvania
October 9, 2025
PA FIRE’s goal is to create “a groundbreaking, statewide initiative to protect immigrant rights, expand vital services and drive long-term systems change across the commonwealth.”
With SNAP Cuts, Rising Hunger and Funding Reductions, Bucks County Food Banks Feeling Squeezed
October 9, 2025
“Families are feeling the pressure, and so are the systems meant to support them,” said Elizabeth Zbinden, Food Program Manager with Bucks County Opportunity Council.
Moms for Liberty CEO and Co-Founder Tina Descovich Verbally Attacks the Bucks County Beacon at Harrisburg-Area Event
October 8, 2025
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