If the Supreme Court continues to overturn legal precedents on women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, and other issues, old state laws that haven’t been enforced, possibly for centuries, can suddenly spring back to life.
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
Too many communities are responding to rising homelessness by criminalizing the unhoused. It’s more humane and effective to house people.
Students want to learn and express themselves about what’s happening in the Middle East. We need to embrace that, not run away from it.
Extreme wealth inequality leads to extreme political inequality. Progressive taxation would be better for our economy and democracy alike.
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.
‘Fetal personhood’ bills would grant fetuses, embryos the same rights as newborns.
Bucks County Beacon reporter Pat LaMarche shares her thoughts on what solidarity and inclusiveness ought to look like on this important day – and year-round.
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.
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 has one of the highest percentages of residents over 65 in the country. Now the entire social security system and the benefits and services they depend on are at risk.
