Book reviews of “Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism” and “Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts: How To Save Democracy By Beating Republicans At Their Own Game.”
Rural white people, as a group, now pose four interconnected threats to the fate of the United States’ pluralist, constitutional democracy.
With little to no oversight and accountability, programs like the Educational Improvement Tax Credit are a pipeline sucking taxpayer money out of underfunded public schools and into the pockets of the wealthy.
Voting rights and our access to the ballot in Pennsylvania are under attack.
The price of corporate compromising on safety is usually paid with taxpayer dollars and immigrant worker lives.
The commonwealth, with its highly skilled union workforce and infrastructure, should be at the forefront of the clean energy transition.
Most Americans think of the federal government and the president as capable of doing anything that a majority of Congress thinks is appropriate. But that is not true.
He actually champions the needs of ordinary American people: women’s reproductive freedom, the strength of our democracy, the prosperity of workers, lowering the cost of consumer goods, and preventing child poverty.
The Republican playbook rolls back existing firearm regulations and blocks new gun control laws. This will only worsen gun violence.
Editor Cyril Mychalejko takes a look back at 10 of the top stories published in the Beacon this year. What were your favorite articles?
After spending essentially his entire adult life in prison, Tyree Wallace is finally free. “I needed to be home.”
The rift lays bare the hostility between the newest flank of Trump’s movement — wealthy members of the tech world like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy — and MAGA’s hardline anti-immigration base.
Pennsylvania is losing a devoted fighter with deep experience in Congress.
But this momentum needs to power us into a 2025 that will likely be filled with many challenges.
