Opinion
Tariffs Can Be Useful — But Not How Trump Is Using Them
When done right, protectionism can benefit workers and the environment. That’s not what’s happening here.
Sonali Kolhatkar
April 2, 2025
Opinion
Opinion
Homelessness Is Not Fun and Games, Though Nintendo Thinks It Is
Kids’ games like “Street Survival Homeless Simulator” available on Nintendo Switch illustrate just how broken our society has become as we commodify everything – even people’s suffering.
Pat LaMarche
April 2, 2025
Opinion
Governor Shapiro Fights to Lower Energy Costs for Pennsylvania’s Working Families
As energy demands increase in the commonwealth, the governor has called on PJM to clear a huge backlog of clean energy projects.
Molly Parzen
March 31, 2025
Opinion
Why You Need to Go to Philadelphia on April 5th for the ‘HANDS OFF’ Protest
Over 100 national organizations are joining together to plan a mass mobilization of peaceful protestors in big cities around the country.
Kierstyn Zolfo
March 31, 2025
Opinion
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s Phony Telephone Town Halls Are Like Crank Calls to Democracy
We need a representative in Congress who engages not in sophistry, but in truth-telling, and one who has the courage to have in-person town halls open to all their constituents, writes Newtown’s Steve Cickay.
Steve Cickay
March 30, 2025
Opinion
Trump’s Firings of Military Leaders Pose a Crucial Question to Service Members of All Ranks
Military personnel at all levels are now facing the question of whether they will stand up for the military’s independent role in maintaining the integrity and stability of American democracy.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
March 29, 2025
Opinion
OPINION: Trump’s ‘Molestation of America’
Bucks County military veteran Steve Nolan, author of “American Carnage, An Officer’s Duty to Warn,” writes about the dangers our predator in chief poses to American democracy.
Steve Nolan
March 28, 2025
Opinion
Elon Musk Could Destroy Social Security as We Know It
“The combination of fewer workers, fewer offices, and a massive increase in the demand for in-person services could sabotage the Social Security system,” says Max Richtman, the president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.
Sam Pizzigati, Inequality.org
March 25, 2025
Opinion
I Won’t Resign My Federal Job — And No One Else Should Either
Our work provides essential services for all Americans without concern for profit. Without our work, Americans would live at the mercy of robber barons.
Paul Osadebe
March 24, 2025
Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie Announces Run to Unseat Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick in 2026
April 3, 2025
“The reason I win tough races is simple – I listen to people and I fight for them,” Harvie said.
Pennsylvania Health Advocates Say Governor Shapiro Has Let Residents Down on Fracking Protections
April 3, 2025
A new report assesses the governor’s first two years, concluding that a few positive steps are outweighed by larger inaction.
How Democrats Can Win By Organizing from the County Up
April 2, 2025
In her new role as a party leader, Jane Kleeb is organizing Democrats to go on the offensive.
Pennsylvania Immigrant Rights Advocates Urge Passage of the American Dream and Promise Act
March 31, 2025
“It is inconceivable that after decades of promises and political posturing, Congress has yet to pass a permanent solution for undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children and other undocumented people,” said Make the Road PA’s Armando Jiménez.
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s Phony Telephone Town Halls Are Like Crank Calls to Democracy
March 30, 2025
We need a representative in Congress who engages not in sophistry, but in truth-telling, and one who has the courage to have in-person town halls open to all their constituents, writes Newtown’s Steve Cickay.
