News
Moms for Liberty Has Council Rock School District in Its Crosshairs
Six Democrats and six Republicans vie for seats on the Council Rock School Board. Here’s what’s at stake.
Erin Flynn Jay
October 26, 2023
Education
Opinion
OPINION: Republican Lies and Nasty Campaign Tactics Are Dragging Down Central Bucks
It’s disheartening to many of us that our local politics have become so mean-spirited and even downright nasty.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
October 25, 2023
News
Pennridge School Board Passes Discriminatory Sex-Based Sports Policy; Deals with Blowback from RTK Court Ruling
Board Vice President Megan Banis-Clemens also wants the names and details of parents and taxpayers who file Right-to-Know requests be posted on the Pennridge website.
Jenny Stephens
October 24, 2023
Opinion
The Frustration of a Pennridge School District Parent
If you are unhappy, like I am, with the ideological actions of the school board and its lack of transparency and accountability, the election on November 7 is the only remedy.
David O'Donnell
October 23, 2023
News
Vermilion Education Gives Pennridge School District Curriculum a Right-Wing Makeover
This Bucks County District serves as a warning to the nation about the consequences of far-right takeovers of school boards.
Peter Greene
October 18, 2023
News
RIDGE Network Community Education Series Presents: Moms For Liberty And Hostile Learning Environments
Members of the Pennridge community gained valuable insight into the methodology being used by extremist anti-government groups to destroy public education – and what can be done about it.
Jenny Stephens
October 13, 2023
News
People Power Vs. the Far Right Movement to Undermine Public Education
Democracy Forward’s Skye Perryman talks about the looming threats that the organized and well-funded right poses to public education and which tools are useful in fighting that threat.
Glenn Daigon
October 10, 2023
News
Bucks County Testimony In Harrisburg Highlights Need For Legislation To Stop Book Bans
“Censorship must be called out for what it is. Removing, restricting, or imposing policy and intimidation on school librarians that limits the selection of materials will harm our students,” said Pennsylvania School Librarians Association President-elect Sarah DeMaria.
Jenny Stephens
October 6, 2023
Opinion
Voters Can Stop Book Banning in Central Bucks School District
Books can provide readers with places of connection, build empathy, and overcome division. Banning books accomplished the opposite.
Lela Casey
October 4, 2023
Photo Essay: Bearing Witness to America’s Cruel and Unusual Treatment of Immigrants
July 29, 2025
After covering weeks of abductions and disappearances of immigrants at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City starting on May 29, I remain stupefied that I am witnessing the harvesting of human beings in real time, writes photojournalist Michael Nigro.
The Battle Over Hearts and Minds in Pennsylvania’s Bible Belt
July 27, 2025
Thankfully, there are brave faith leaders standing firmly in the breach, refusing to let the Bible and the church be hijacked by Christian Nationalists.
Activists Pledge to Resist Any Federal Effort to Lift Fracking Ban in Delaware River Basin
July 26, 2025
Environmentalists say that allowing the industry to drill in Pennsylvania’s part of the watershed would risk contaminating drinking water for some 15 million people with toxic chemicals.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Calls for Investigation into Potential Contaminants in Trumbauersville Waterway
July 24, 2025
“I want the results of the water tests to be made public. I want an investigation about how the material got into the field, and I want it remediated,” said Trumbauersville resident Wes Comes.
Trump’s Proposed Time Limit on HUD Subsidies Would ‘Devastate’ Low Income Families in Bucks County and Across Pennsylvania
July 24, 2025
If the two-year limit is enacted, evictions are expected to skyrocket, resulting in an increase in homelessness.
