Opinion
We All Know How MAGA Will Attack Kamala Harris: Racism, Sexism, Conspiracies, and Disinformation
It’s on us to have her back and help her win.
Melissa Ryan
July 28, 2024
Opinion
Opinion
Pennsylvania State Budget Secures Bipartisan Environmental Victories
However, despite these gains, Harrisburg fell short in several critical areas, writes Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania Executive Director Molly Parzen.
Molly Parzen
July 26, 2024
Opinion
How Trump and Vance Betray America’s Workers
Donald Trump has a history of failing to protect workers’ safety, rights, and wages. His anti-worker record will only worsen if he’s granted another term in the White House.
Christopher D. Cook
July 25, 2024
Opinion
If You’re a Bucks County Parent Who Values Your Kids’ Public Schools, Project 2025 Should Terrify You
This far-right, Christian nationalist policy agenda for a second Trump term wants to eradicate public education.
Tabitha Dell'Angelo
July 24, 2024
Opinion
JD Vance-Peter Thiel-Curtis Yarvin 2024: The Neoreactionary Dream Team
From JD Vance to Project 2025, how Peter Thiel and a guy who wants the U.S. to be a monarchy (really!) are driving Trump’s MAGA agenda.
Melissa Ryan
July 22, 2024
Opinion
Biden’s Withdrawal from Race Revives Process Where Presidential Candidates Were Picked By Party Conventions, Last Used in 1968
This will mark the first time in over 50 years that a major party nominee was selected outside of the democratic process of primaries and caucuses.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
July 21, 2024
Opinion
From Biden’s Legacy to Harris’ Leadership: The Democratic Future Ahead
The Democratic Party and the entire country can rally behind Vice President Kamala Harris to defeat convicted felon Donald Trump in November, writes Doylestown Democrats Chair Connor OHanlon.
Connor OHanlon
July 21, 2024
Opinion
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien’s Speech Played into Republicans’ Phony Pro-Worker Rebrand
It’s delusional to think that Trump might swap out his anti-worker—really, anti-humanity—policies; they are at the core of his being. One more person kissing his ring won’t change that, writes Labor Notes Editor Alexandra Bradbury.
Alexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes
July 20, 2024
Opinion
Me the People: Trump’s 2024 Republican National Convention Speech
His garish display of self-worship took many forms, from giant portraits with blood on his face and fist raised in defiance, to his clarion call to “fight, fight, fight,” writes military veteran Steve Nolan.
Steve Nolan
July 19, 2024
5 Reasons Veterans Are Especially Hard-hit by Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Federal Cuts
March 10, 2025
The Trump administration has abandoned the U.S. government’s long-standing commitment to protect and serve its veterans — a promise that dates back to the country’s founding.
GOP Lawmakers Push to Charge Women with Homicide for Seeking Abortions
March 9, 2025
‘Fetal personhood’ bills would grant fetuses, embryos the same rights as newborns.
Bucks County Republican Jim Greenwood Joins Former Members of Congress Calling on Lawmakers to Rein in Trump and Musk’s Abuse of Power
March 7, 2025
The open letter organized by Issue One warns that “America is suddenly at a perilous crossroad” and urges Congress to start acting like a check and balance to the executive branch as the Constitution mandates.
Nearly 1 in 3 Families with Children in Bucks County Are Struggling Economically, Says New Report
March 7, 2025
This is why State Rep. Jim Prokopiak keeps his focus in Harrisburg squarely on “increased education funding, and [the need to] make sure that we have access to affordable healthcare and good paying jobs.”
Pennsylvania’s Century-old Election Code Needs Fixes, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt Says
March 7, 2025
The state’s top election official calls on the Legislature to update rules, and to give local administrators a voice.
