News
WWDB Radio Features Pennridge Transphobia On Its ‘Don’t Back Down’ Program
Republican Pennridge school board director Ricki Chaikin was one of the guests.
Jenny Stephens
April 19, 2024
Education
News
Florida May Provide a Window Into How Pennsylvania’s New Right-Wing School Board Organization Might Operate
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania School Directors Coalition founder Christina Brussalis is tight-lipped about who’s funding the organization, who’s on the board, and whether they are working with the Independence Law Center.
Peter Greene
April 19, 2024
Opinion
Central Bucks Teachers Need to Be Equipped and Supported to Facilitate Discussions about Israel and Palestine
Students want to learn and express themselves about what’s happening in the Middle East. We need to embrace that, not run away from it.
Tabitha Dell'Angelo
April 15, 2024
Education
Monday’s Pennridge Policy Committee Agenda Includes First Reading Of Revised Bathroom Policy
Local advocates who helped elect the Democratic board majority hope the community will attend and provide in-person support for removing anti-LGBTQ+ bias from the district.
Jenny Stephens
April 7, 2024
Opinion
School Vouchers in Pennsylvania Are a Reverse Robin Hood Racket
With little to no oversight and accountability, programs like the Educational Improvement Tax Credit are a pipeline sucking taxpayer money out of underfunded public schools and into the pockets of the wealthy.
Coleman Poses
April 5, 2024
News
Public Comment Takes Center Stage At Pennridge School Board Meeting
Meanwhile, parents who voted for change in November are becoming increasingly frustrated and impatient with the new school board majority’s lack of action.
Jenny Stephens
March 28, 2024
News
Who Is Beating Back Book Bans?
Amidst a rising tide of anti-LGBTQ book bans, activists, authors, and librarians are organizing to make sure LGBTQ stories are still heard.
Sara Youngblood Gregory
March 22, 2024
News
New Report Gives Pennsylvania a C Grade for Its Support of Public Schools
PA remains a state of wide educational contrasts between wealthy and poor, rural and urban, and large and small school districts, as well as the contrast between those that welcome and support diversity and others that are repressive and discriminatory.
Peter Greene
March 21, 2024
News
Souderton Area School District Sued For Refusing To Produce Documents Regarding the Independence Law Center
A local parent is hoping sunlight will be the best disinfectant when it comes to cleaning up a school board that operates by keeping parents in the dark.
Jenny Stephens
March 12, 2024
Bucks County State Rep. Jim Prokopiak Leads Roundtable Discussion on Housing Affordability Solutions
September 11, 2025
“These communities in Bucks County were built for working-class people, and for decades it stayed that way. But since 2017, rent has gone up in our region by 50 percent,” said Prokopiak.
Department of Homeland Security Offers to Pay Deputy Salaries and Arrest Bonuses to Grow ICE 287(g) Deportation Machine
September 10, 2025
“Regardless of where the money comes from, this makes our communities more dangerous because it deteriorates the trust of police and crimes will go unreported,” said Project Libertad Executive Director Rachel Rutter.
Two Pennsylvania Towns Seek Public Funding for Water Systems Amid Claims That Fracking Contaminated Their Wells
September 9, 2025
The Greene County towns are believed to be the first in the state to use the emergency declaration in relation to drinking-water contamination.
Pastor Doug Wilson’s Extremist Christian Nationalist Teachings Go Mainstream in Trump’s Washington
September 8, 2025
At the National Conservatism Conference last week, Wilson was a featured speaker along with members of Congress and Trump’s Cabinet, including border czar Tom Homan, budget director Russell Vought and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri.
York City Council Outlaws Machine Gun Converters to ‘Protect Every Member of Our Community’
September 3, 2025
“We have witnessed the devastating consequences of these types of devices, and the loss of life is nothing short of heartbreaking,” said York City Council President Edquina Washington.
