Opinion
OPINION: Opposition to DEI Proves That It’s Needed
“Doesn’t the stamp against the cry for equality prove it’s necessity?” writes Bensalem Township’s Barbara Stakes.
Barbara Stakes
March 22, 2025
Opinion
Opinion
How News Reporters Are Being Deceived by Fake Groups of ‘Moms’ and ‘Parents’ Attacking Public Schools
These groups are the creation of deep-pocketed, “dark money” conservative networks, not “grassroots” advocates.
Maurice T. Cunningham
March 22, 2025
Opinion
Why Won’t Pennsylvania US Representatives Ryan Mackenzie and Brian Fitzpatrick Protect Medicaid for Their Constituents?
At the very least, these Republicans ought to stop hiding and host public town halls to explain their positions.
Kristin Volchansky
March 20, 2025
Opinion
A Profile in Cowardice: Senator Schumer Rolls Over for Trump, Refuses to Fight to Defend Democracy
Democrats in the Senate must stop playing defense, call out the authoritarian threat by name, use government shutdowns and the debt ceiling as leverage, and put democracy at the center of very negotiation.
Thom Hartmann
March 17, 2025
Opinion
Why We Need a Progressive Shadow Cabinet to Counter Trump
A shadow cabinet would show us what it would mean to have a government of public servants who put the well being of American families ahead of the further enrichment of billionaires.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
March 16, 2025
Opinion
OPINION: American Democracy Perishing From the Earth?
Trump’s commitment to the destruction of the building blocks of democracy have brought us to the brink of internal combustion, warns Bucks County military veteran Steve Nolan.
Steve Nolan
March 15, 2025
Opinion
Federal Jobs Don’t Threaten the Economy, But Trump’s Tariffs Do
Trump’s crazy tariffs may trigger a recession. He wants you to blame federal workers instead.
Mitchell Zimmerman
March 13, 2025
Opinion
What Now for Democrats for Education Reform?
The once-powerful group’s internal turmoil and diminishing size and status may be signs that the school privatization movement is now a fully right-wing enterprise.
Maurice T. Cunningham
March 13, 2025
Opinion
OPINION: Volodymyr Zelensky Is the Real American
Our values are forged in the ability to speak truth to power, stand up for the oppressed, and honor our alliances — all things Donald Trump is incapable of, writes Langhorne’s Dana Rollins.
Dana Rollins
March 12, 2025
Pennsylvania Can’t Reject Improperly Dated Ballots, Federal Court Rules
April 1, 2025
The judge ruled that rejecting mail ballots for issues with the date on the outer envelope violates voters’ First Amendment rights, since voting is considered an expression of free speech.
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.
Danny Ceisler Launches Campaign for Bucks County Sheriff with Strong Backing from Democratic Leaders
March 30, 2025
“Danny is a battle-tested patriot who represents the best of his generation. Bucks County will be safer with him as our Sheriff,” said former Bucks County Congressman Patrick Murphy.
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.
Food Insecurity in Bucks County Worsened by Trump and DOGE Cuts
March 28, 2025
Locally, the cuts have already hacked away about one-third of the $800,000 the federal government had been sending to supplement Bucks County Opportunity Council programs like Fresh Connect.
