News
PA Cancel Lunch Debt Coalition Hosting Online Assembly
The public is invited to learn about lunch debt, why we need to abolish it, and how universal school meals can put an end to it.
Jenny Stephens
March 13, 2023
Education
Opinion
Why I’m Taking Pennridge School District To Court
My school district has enacted a shadow book ban by checking out all copies of targeted books for an entire year. What’s worse is that they are trying to hide it.
Darren Laustsen
March 6, 2023
News
Bucks County Changemaker Interview with Kate Nazemi and Kitty Semisch of Advocates for Inclusive Education
Fighting to save Central Bucks School District from the far-right school board’s extremist agenda is a fight for our shared future.
Edie Weinstein
March 2, 2023
News
Pennsylvania’s Teacher Shortage Will Require Systemic Solutions, Report Says
Teacher shortages can lead to larger class sizes, higher burnout and resignation rates, less individual time with teachers, and other factors leading to learning loss and other negative outcomes for students.
Catherine Caruso
February 28, 2023
Opinion
Moms for Liberty Bucks County Leaders Think Public Schools Are Trying to Bring Pedophilia Into the Classrooms
The two heads of the extremist group’s local chapter gave an interview last week about the “battle of good and evil” they are fighting.
Cyril Mychalejko
February 27, 2023
News
Central Bucks School District Breaks Up With High Priced Devine + Partners: It’s Not You, It’s Us
Taxpayers think it’s divine that their hard earned money will no longer enable the school board to spin their right-wing agenda.
Jenny Stephens
February 24, 2023
Top 5
Bucks County Has Two Millionaires for Every One Homeless School Child
The Bucks County Intermediary Unit and Council Rock School District are both doing exceptional advocacy work for these kids and their families.
Pat LaMarche
February 24, 2023
News
Pennridge Pulls Ahead in Bucks County Right-wing School Boards’ Race to the Bottom with Hillsdale’s 1776 Curriculum
The 1776 Commission and Hillsdale’s 1776 Curriculum are inextricably linked to indoctrinate students into a far-right nationalist agenda.
Jenny Stephens
February 23, 2023
News
The Right Wing Is ‘Whitewashing’ History Curriculum Taught in Public Schools
This nationwide campaign to ban books and gag educators from teaching sensitive topics covering race and gender risks “turning back the clock to a time when segregated schools meant separate—and vastly unequal—forums for learning.”
Sandra Jones, Independent Media Institute
February 21, 2023
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.
New Pennsylvania Project Opens Office in Bensalem, Its First in Bucks County
August 2, 2025
The nonpartisan voting rights organization wants everyone in the county to be registered, educated, engaged and active voters.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Shut Down After Being Defunded by Congress, Targeted by Trump
August 1, 2025
The closure is expected to have a profound impact on the journalistic and cultural landscape — in particular, public radio and TV stations in small communities across the United States.
