Scientists Find Evidence That a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking
Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water.
Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water.
Activists, residents and leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest city.
As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death.
“Wokeness” originated decades ago as African American cultural slang for having awareness and enlightenment around racism, injustice, privilege or threats of white supremacist violence.
“Honestly, what excites me most about Dara’s talents is how excited she is to be part of the team and grow the organization,” said Bucks County Beacon Owner and Publisher Emily Smith.
Local Republicans voted against banning “ghost guns” and rejected a red flag law to keep firearms from individuals in crisis.
The film connects Orwell’s writings to modern totalitarianism.
Democrats believe Bucks County’s Republican District Attorney Jennifer Schorn should recuse her office from the case.
In recent years, Pennsylvania regulators have tried to clamp down on roadway spreading of tens of millions of gallons of oil and gas “brines,” high-salt liquids that can be laced with toxic metals and radioactive material. The industry is pushing back.
“We are all looking for some kind of hope; for someone who has been successful in taking on the far right,” said Barbara Simmons, executive director of The Peace Center in Langhorne.
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