Opinion
It’s Time to Talk About Educational Reparations
A review of “Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal,” by Dr. Bettina L. Love.
Ben Hodge
September 6, 2023
Culture
Top 5
In ‘The Age of Insurrection,’ the Politics of Menace and Intimidation Have Become Normalized
David Neiwert’s new book is a sweeping and detailed exploration of the threat the American far right poses nationally and locally.
Jake Whitney
September 1, 2023
Opinion
Book Review – The Gun Dilemma: How History Is Against Expanded Gun Rights
This is a working handbook for thoughtful and concerned citizens and voters to use in our country’s ongoing and relentless battle for sane, meaningful, and effective gun safety policies.
Joe Sundeen
August 28, 2023
Opinion
American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
A conversation with Andrew Whitehead about his forthcoming book, which helps us understand the MAGA movement, the insurrection on January 6, and their disturbing religious underpinnings.
Robert P. Jones
August 7, 2023
Opinion
How The Right Is Grooming Kids to Become Republican Voters
A review of Kyle Spencer’s “Raising Them Right: The Untold Story of America’s Ultraconservative Youth Movement and Its Plot for Power.”
Dr. Michael D. Gambone
July 25, 2023
Opinion
Burn the Barbies, Pause the Pink
The highly anticipated live-action film starring Margot Robbie is an attempt to redeem the problematic toy. But it’s really just an expensive ad campaign for an outdated doll.
Sonali Kolhatkar
July 24, 2023
News
New Hope’s Dharma Bums Bar Wants to Be a Community Space
Owners Steven and Fiona Trachtenberg said Jack Kerouac’s 1958 novel has been their guiding light in creating this new space for live music, community events and classes, and locally-sourced food.
Eden MacDougall
July 21, 2023
News
Resisting Christian Nationalism’s Ominous Next Stage
Three new books look deeply at the growth of the so-called Christian nationalist movement, and offer resources on how to engage and counter its spread.
John Backe
July 14, 2023
Opinion
On the Anniversary of James Baldwin’s ‘The Fire Next Time’
This classic work holds its relevance 60 years later.
David Shih
July 13, 2023
It’s Farmers Market Season In and Around Bucks County
June 27, 2025
Look for ruby red strawberries and tomatoes, rich leafy greens, carefully crafted coffee, artisan breads, cupcakes, cookies, granola, field-grown flowers, local honey, and more at Bucks County’s farmers market offerings.
Democrats Are Trying to Figure Out What to Do About John Fetterman
June 27, 2025
At town halls across Pennsylvania, rank-and-file Democrats and allied progressive groups are inviting Conor Lamb, a former U.S Congressman who voters rejected in May 2022 when he ran against Fetterman in the Senate primary. Now he is serving as a stand-in for the embattled Senator.
7 State Senate Democrats Help Republicans Pass Bill That Critics Say Punishes Homeless Pennsylvanians
June 26, 2025
Senate Bill 780 will effectively ban people from sleeping outside, even if they have no other shelter available to them, and fines municipalities that don’t comply.
Here’s How Bucks County’s Republican Sheriff and Controller ‘Illegally’ Gave Deputies Pay Raises
June 25, 2025
County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia criticized the two Republican officials for “bypassing” the commissioners and the deputy’s union during ongoing contract negotiations this spring.
Dr. Oz, Senator David McCormick, and Representative Brian Fitzpatrick Want My Son to Prove That He Matters Enough to Keep Access to Medicaid
June 25, 2025
Doylestown’s Larissa Hopwood, a single mother of a 16-year-old with Type 1 diabetes, sounds off on what the heartless GOP budget bill will mean for her family.
