Opinion
Trump’s Executive Orders Seek to Erase Scientific Truth
By denying the realities of sex, gender, and race, the White House’s statements worsen inequity and cause harm.
Shoumita Dasgupta
February 20, 2025
Opinion
Opinion
Deporting Millions of Immigrants Would Shock the US Economy, Increasing Housing, Food and Other Prices
Why isn’t the corporate media reporting about this more, or in many cases at all?
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 19, 2025
Opinion
OPINION: How Vladimir Putin Defeats the United States
There is much work to do if we intend to keep this republic, writes Bucks County military veteran Steve Nolan.
Steve Nolan
February 18, 2025
Opinion
The Future of Organized Labor Depends on Expanding Union Density, Not Political Spending
Unions are more popular than ever and there are 60 million workers ready to join the labor movement. It’s past time to organize them.
Omar Ocampo, Inequality.org
February 18, 2025
Opinion
Elites Won’t Lead the Opposition to Trump
Now is the time to start showing up, making connections, and organizing in your community.
Melissa Ryan
February 17, 2025
Opinion
Letters: Project 2025 Is Here, Senator McCormick’s Shameful Vote for Tulsi Gabbard, Call Your Elected Representatives on Valentine’s Day, and Trump Sells Out Farmers
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 14, 2025
Opinion
Is It Legal? Deferring to Power and Authority Leads Inevitably to Autocracy
The disparity between the letter and practice of the law has been a defining feature of white conservatism.
William Horne
February 13, 2025
Opinion
Why Federal Courts Are Unlikely to Save Democracy from Trump’s and Musk’s Attacks
With a Supreme Court that has moved sharply to the right, coupled with the Trump Administration’s breakneck pace of actions and its recent statements challenging judicial authority, a robust political strategy is needed.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 13, 2025
Opinion
Black History Is Every Day, With or Without the White House
From local school boards to Washington, the right is doubling down on its efforts to erase Black history. They’ll fail.
Tracey L Rogers
February 11, 2025
The GOP’s Budget Bill and Its Federal Funding Cuts Will Harm Bucks County Students
July 3, 2025
“It is heartbreaking to see Congress embrace a budget bill that strips meals and health care away from children and families to fund massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and an unaccountable private school voucher program,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin.
State Senator Steve Santarsiero: It’s Possible to Be an Advocate for the Homeless and Believe Encampments Are Not a Good Idea
July 2, 2025
The Bucks County Beacons’s reporting on Senate Bill 780 was incomplete and inaccurate, argues the head of the Bucks County Democratic Committee in an OpEd.
Supreme Court Provides Cover for Bigotry Draped in the Fig Leaf of Religion With LGBTQ School Books Decision
July 1, 2025
Education reporter Peter Greene breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor.
Head Start in Bucks County Saved, Federal Funding Extended for Next 5 Years
June 30, 2025
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
Regulatory Sandbox Proposed by Republican Pennsylvania Lawmaker Would Allow Businesses to Sidestep State Environmental Regulations
June 30, 2025
“This bill would allow you to set aside any state law, you could pollute the air as much as you want, you could pollute the water as much as you want, you could do anything essentially that you wanted that would ordinarily violate the law,” said former Secretary for PA’s Department of Environmental Protection David Hess.
