News
International Booker Prize 2024: Six Expert Reviews of the Shortlisted Books
Take your summer reading list beyond the borders of the United States.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
May 14, 2024
Culture
News
Danny DeGennaro Memorial Creative Inspiration Concert Showcases the Bands of Past and Present Scholarship Winners
The Bucks County Beacon spoke with the DeGennaro scholarship winners
from the last two years – Natalie Buechel and Dan Kovitz, both from the local band Sour Station who will be playing Saturday.
Edie Weinstein
April 18, 2024
News
Cultural Diversity Blossoms at the 35th International Spring Festival with Entertainment, Activities and Cuisine from Around The World
“At the heart of our foundation lies the commitment to fostering understanding and appreciation for cultures from around the world,” said International Festival Foundation President Manish Ingle.
Jenny Stephens
April 16, 2024
News
Theater Review: In a Christian Nationalist Surveillance State, the Few Remaining Jews Struggle to Survive
Deborah Zoe Laufer’s ‘The Last Yiddish Speaker’ envisions a dystopian future for America. It is now running at Philadelphia’s InterAct Theatre Company.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
April 14, 2024
Opinion
The History of the Fight for Freedom Over Fascism Within the United States Repeats Itself Today
Book reviews of “Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism” and “Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts: How To Save Democracy By Beating Republicans At Their Own Game.”
Joe Sundeen
April 9, 2024
News
Interview: Robert P. Jones Exposes the Disturbing Links Between Christian Nationalism and White Supremacy
Church & State Editor Rob Boston talks with Jones about his new book “The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Shared Path to an American Future.”
Rob Boston
April 4, 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
News
The Radical History of International Women’s Day
As the holiday has become mainstream, University of Pennsylvania Professor Kristen R. Ghodsee says #IWD has grown further away from its “socialist roots” and has “lost any association with its radical past.”
Catherine Caruso
March 8, 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
PA-01 Democratic Congressional Candidate Bob Harvie Tells Voters at Town Hall He Wants to Revitalize the ‘American Dream’
August 8, 2025
Much of the night in Richlandtown was spent talking about topics such as health care, jobs, housing, and public service.
Pennsylvania Homeless Advocates Condemn Trump’s Plans to Punish the Unhoused, Involuntarily Commit Them
August 7, 2025
“Homelessness is caused by poverty,” said Estelle Richman, HUD Chief Operating Officer during the Obama administration. “These are poor people … Many of them are working. They just don’t have enough money to pay the rent.”
80 Years After the US Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Nuclear Threat Remains Grave
August 5, 2025
Nuclear war is a real and present danger that we must acknowledge and confront, writes Ira Helfand.
Rivot Magazine Provides Bucks County a Much-needed Print Music and News Publication With a Punk Rock Ethos
August 4, 2025
Founder James Lamb said print media was a void that needed to be filled. “I just really like a physical, handheld thing that can be saved, that can migrate when I drop one at the bus stop.”
DOJ’s Demand for State Voter Lists Are a Major Battleground in Fights Over Access to the Polls
August 4, 2025
The Trump administration wants to scoop up voter registration lists and other election data from all 50 states.
