Culture
This Weekend: Outlaw Fest, Book Fest, September Fest
Looking for something to do this weekend? We’ve got you covered.
Emily Smith
September 23, 2022
Culture
Education
Food for Thought Is on the Menu for Banned Books Week in Bucks County
From book clubs to parades, there’s something for everyone who is concerned with literary censorship in public schools.
Jenny Stephens
September 19, 2022
Culture
Give Love to Students: Keep ‘The Hate U Give’ in School Libraries
According to the American Library Association, Angie Thomas’s book was the fifth most challenged in 2021. It should be read by students (and their parents), not banned from schools.
Emily French
September 18, 2022
Culture
This Weekend: Wine, Music, Polo and Campfires. Fall is here.
Looking for something to do this weekend? We’ve got you covered.
Emily Smith
September 16, 2022
Culture
Barbara Ehrenreich helped make inequality visible – her legacy lives on in a reinvigorated labor movement
Ehrenreich is best known for her 2001 book “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” an unforgettable best-selling expose that highlights what many low-wage workers already know: It’s impossible to get ahead when you can’t even break even.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
September 12, 2022
Culture
With God on Their Side? White Christian Nationalists’ Crusade Against Multiracial Democracy
A review of The Flag and The Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy.
Cyril Mychalejko
September 11, 2022
Events
This Weekend: Journeyman, Arts Festival, Oktoberfest, Jazz & Boy George
Looking for something to do this weekend? We’ve got you covered.
Emily Smith
September 9, 2022
Events
This Weekend: Happy Labor Day!
Looking for something to do this weekend? We’ve got you covered.
Emily Smith
September 2, 2022
Events
This Weekend: Multi-instrumentalist, Music Fest, RC Planes, Yoga & Mimosas, and a Grange Fair!
Looking for something to do this weekend? We’ve got you covered.
Emily Smith
August 19, 2022
Concerned Citizens Are Fighting Back Against ICE Immigration Raids and Roundups in Lehigh and Bucks Counties
August 12, 2025
“These are our neighbors, colleagues, parishioners, our students – the cruelty with which this is happening and the pace is unacceptable. And a lot of people feel that way,” said Bucks County’s Barbara Simmons.
Trump to Deploy National Guard to Streets of DC and Place City Police Under Federal Control to ‘Liberate’ Nation’s Capital
August 11, 2025
He is also enlisting FBI, AFT, ICE, DEA, and U.S. Marshals Service agents to assist in his plans to purge the city of its homeless population and crack down on crime.
Democratic State Rep. Chris Rabb Proposes Bills to Bolster Local News Media (and Democracy) in Pennsylvania
August 11, 2025
“When communities lose access to independent journalism, transparency erodes, civic engagement declines, and government becomes less accountable to the people it serves,” said Rabb.
Democratic Pennsylvania State Lawmakers Push to Unmask ICE Agents, Mandate Clear Identification on Clothing
August 9, 2025
Chester County state Rep. Paul Friel is the prime sponsor of the Pennsylvania’s Officer Visibility Act and the proposed bill has seven co-sponsors so far (though none from Bucks County).
Defense Secretary Hegseth Promotes Video Featuring Christian Nationalist Pastors Promoting Theocratic, Patriarchal Society Where Women Can’t Vote
August 8, 2025
“All of Christ for All of Life,” Hegseth wrote on X, reposting a CNN interview with Doug Wilson and other CREC pastors.
