Opinion
The Real Threat to Food Security
Our lawmakers need to take farmland access seriously. The next farm bill should work more for the health of our farm system, and less for Wall Street.
Anthony Pahnke
December 8, 2024
Opinion
Opinion
Let’s Make This a Season of Giving, Not Hoarding
Billionaires and Wall Street exploit our charitable giving laws to dodge taxes and collect fees, hurting real charities in the process.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
December 4, 2024
Opinion
Only Continued Climate Organizing and Direct Action Can Save Us and the Planet
Corporate campaigning has a vital role to play in what our social movements will be up to in the coming years, writes Earth Quaker Action Team Media & Research Coordinator Eve Gutman.
Eve Gutman
December 3, 2024
Opinion
We’re Taking on America’s Most Anti-Union Company and We’re Going to Win
Pennsylvania has one of the largest numbers of Amazon warehouses in the country.
Dori Goldberg
December 2, 2024
Opinion
Public Servants: Don’t Stand Aside, Stand Together
For many federal employees, particularly those at agencies like the DOJ, IRS, and Treasury, the temptation to leave ahead of the Trump-Musk-Ramaswamy assault on their careers is very real.
Colin Coyle
November 27, 2024
Opinion
Hunger and Homeless Awareness Month Isn’t Working
It’s not because physically providing adequate housing is all that tough, but because dedicating the resources necessary to care for our neighbors has proven damned near impossible, writes Pat LaMarche.
Pat LaMarche
November 27, 2024
Opinion
Environmental Victories in Harrisburg Give Hope During Upcoming Trump Era
Governor Shapiro and our state legislature can – and must – act as a bulwark against any Trump-era rollbacks by strengthening enforcement of our existing environmental laws even as they work to enact new policies that make our state a leader in environmental protection.
Molly Parzen
November 26, 2024
Opinion
Where Do Progressives Go From Here?
Doing the same old, same old with the same tired people is a recipe for continued failure, writes Bucks County’s Steve Cickay.
Steve Cickay
November 25, 2024
Opinion
US House Passes Dangerous Bill That Could Punish Nonprofits Treasury Department Decides Are ‘Terrorist’
“I believe that this is part of a strategy to preempt opposition to Republican policies and encourage self-censorship,” said Indiana University Professor Beth Gazley.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
November 24, 2024
Bucks County Sheriff Fred Harran’s Lawyer Calls ACLU and Fellow Plaintiffs in ICE Lawsuit Part of ‘Violent and Radical Left’
October 11, 2025
What’s next? Labelling them Antifa. Local voters must deport this MAGA sheriff from his office on Nov. 4 to end his ICE 287(g) agreement once and for all, writes Editor Cyril Mychalejko.
‘Ban This! How One School Fought Two Book Bans and Won’ Authors Set to Speak in Newtown and Doylestown
October 11, 2025
“We are all looking for some kind of hope; for someone who has been successful in taking on the far right,” said Barbara Simmons, executive director of The Peace Center in Langhorne.
Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition Launches Solidarity Fund for Immigrant Communities Across Pennsylvania
October 9, 2025
PA FIRE’s goal is to create “a groundbreaking, statewide initiative to protect immigrant rights, expand vital services and drive long-term systems change across the commonwealth.”
With SNAP Cuts, Rising Hunger and Funding Reductions, Bucks County Food Banks Feeling Squeezed
October 9, 2025
“Families are feeling the pressure, and so are the systems meant to support them,” said Elizabeth Zbinden, Food Program Manager with Bucks County Opportunity Council.
Moms for Liberty CEO and Co-Founder Tina Descovich Verbally Attacks the Bucks County Beacon at Harrisburg-Area Event
October 8, 2025
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