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.
Elections
Republicans like Brian Fitzpatrick have ensured that today women do not have the same rights as their mothers or grandmothers. This has sparked a call to action for the November election and beyond.
Democratic candidates must listen to the demands of young voters and inspire greater numbers to vote than ever before if we are going to save democracy from the rise of right-wing authoritarianism.
To avoid talking about a woman’s right to choose or common sense gun control, Bucks County Republican candidates’ lips are sealed and voters are left to wonder what, or why, the GOP is hiding.
When states ban "CRT," it potentially affects AP History, AP English, AP U.S. Government and Politics, and AP Psychology courses.
Learn more about what's at stake in Pennsylvania this November.
The PA Congressman who thinks British and Italian agents and former CIA Director Gina Haspel conspired to rig the 2020 election also endorsed Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick for re-election.
The greatest lesson I have learned in campaigns is that every story has the power to make a difference. I am determined to win this November through the power of sharing our stories.
The Republican lawmaker’s threat of litigation to “shush” his Democratic challenger suggest he is feeling the heat in PA’s 151st House District race.
Because it’s a general election, all registered voters, including those registered as independent or third-party, can participate.
The nonpartisan group Common Cause released its Democracy Scorecard on Tuesday. The PA01 Congressman’s record was just a few votes better than Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s.
There are strings attached to the funds that should actually boost voter confidence.
If you judge the Pennsylvania Republican by his words and actions, it’s difficult to describe him as anything else.
Roevember is coming.
The Democratic candidate in PA's 16th State Senate District says it’s time to crack down on the corporate crime wave in the state, which includes wage theft and environmental contamination.
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.
Meet Bucks County Beacon Summer Reporting Intern Naomi Weiss
July 30, 2025
Naomi is a Pennsbury High School graduate and rising junior at the University of Pittsburgh. She has written 21 articles for us so far, with more on the way.
OPINION: What It Feels Like to Be an Immigrant Living in Trump’s America
July 30, 2025
Doylestown’s Olcay Ayata, a Turkish-American Muslim, feels unwelcome and unsafe — even as a citizen.
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.
