News
Take a Dark Ride Into America’s Conspiracy Culture
A review of Sarah Kendzior’s “They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent.”
Dr. Michael D. Gambone
January 11, 2024
Culture
Opinion
New Date, Same Traditions: Ukraine’s Wartime Christmas Celebrations
From Vertep performances to koliadky workshops, Christmas celebrations illustrate the resilience of the Ukrainian people.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
December 25, 2023
News
Q&A: Local Author Jen Burns Discusses Her Book ‘The Hidden History of Bucks County’
“I am honored to live in such a place where history isn’t necessarily confined to our textbooks but is instead woven into our community,” says Burns.
Connor OHanlon
December 18, 2023
Opinion
Book Review – Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
Liz Cheney’s book is a call to arms for every citizen to fight for this nation and democracy, and it is a warning to her Republican colleagues who are still defending the indefensible.
Steve Nolan
December 15, 2023
Opinion
Conspiracy Theories Are As American As Apple Pie
Colin Dickey’s new book “Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy” reveals how throughout history conspiracies have allowed us to sidestep a reckoning with reality.
Dr. Michael D. Gambone
December 11, 2023
Top 5
Excerpt: ‘American Roulette’
This “day in the life novel” is about eight ordinary people careening toward a uniquely American disaster. The authors are donating 100 percent of the book royalties to stop gun violence.
Pat LaMarche
December 1, 2023
News
Cable Television Changed Media and Politics and Helped Polarize the Nation
A review of Kathryn Cramer Brownell’s “24/7 Politics: Cable Televisions & The Fragmenting of America from Watergate to Fox News.”
Alison Dagnes
November 3, 2023
Opinion
Book Reviews: Inside the NRA Vs. The Bill of Obligations – What Defines Democracy?
These two books offer insights into our current moment of unchecked gun violence and eroding democracy.
Joe Sundeen
October 31, 2023
Opinion
Take a Trip Into the ‘Mirror World’ with Naomi Klein’s New Book ‘Doppelganger’
Kutztown University Professor Michael Gambone reviews this beautifully written, insightful, and poignant examination of our broken, and at times absurd, modern moment.
Dr. Michael D. Gambone
October 27, 2023
These Pennsylvania College and University Presidents Say the Trump Administration’s ‘Unprecedented Government Overreach’ Endangers Higher Education
April 25, 2025
There are 480 higher education leaders from across the country who have signed a letter opposing “undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live and work” on their campuses.
Trump Administration’s Proposed Funding Cuts to Head Start Would Harm Vulnerable Bucks County Kids
April 24, 2025
“We should be expanding access, not taking it away. Every child deserves a fair and equitable start, and I’ll fight in Congress to protect programs like Head Start that make that possible,” said Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, a Democratic candidate for Congress in PA-01.
Exclusive: Sheriff Fred Harran Enlists Bucks County in Trump’s Nationwide Immigration Crackdown
April 22, 2025
The Bucks County Sheriff’s office has an application pending to participate in ICE’s 287(g) “task force model”, which essentially makes local law enforcement officers de facto ICE agents.
Photo Essay: Doylestown Action League’s ‘Day of Action’ Against the Trump Administration’s Assault on Democracy
April 20, 2025
There were hundreds of rallies and protests against the Trump Administration across the country Saturday.
Pennsylvania House Democrats Want to Prohibit Cooperation with Out-of-state Criminal Abortion Investigations
April 18, 2025
The goal of the proposed legislation is to protect women who receive abortions and the doctors and nurses who provide this reproductive health care.
