Opinion
As We Look to 2024, Here’s What Hope Looks Like
When it felt like the world was falling apart, these movements brought people together to make what seemed impossible, possible.
Shailly Gupta Barnes
December 29, 2023
Opinion
Opinion
Big Wins For the Environment and Pennsylvanians in 2023
These victories should compel us to rededicate ourselves to fighting for our environment – and our democracy – in 2024.
Molly Parzen
December 28, 2023
Opinion
Bucks County Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s Worst Votes of 2023
It’s going to be really difficult for Fitzpatrick, who was endorsed twice by Trump, to run as a moderate in 2024 and actually have voters believe him.
Kierstyn Zolfo
December 27, 2023
Opinion
New Date, Same Traditions: Ukraine’s Wartime Christmas Celebrations
From Vertep performances to koliadky workshops, Christmas celebrations illustrate the resilience of the Ukrainian people.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
December 25, 2023
Opinion
Pennsylvanians Can’t Afford to Sit Out in 2024
Voters in the Commonwealth showed this year that they wouldn’t stand for big-money donors distorting our state courts. Well, it’s time to do the same for our federal courts.
Kadida Kenner
December 22, 2023
Opinion
Keeping Bucks County Green: Shutting Down Rockhill Quarry
The economic benefit of continued mining at the Rockhill Quarry is not worth the risk to the health of the residents, students, and any community that would receive the stone from the quarry, not to mention the damage to the local environment.
Steve Cickay
December 21, 2023
Opinion
Newly Surfaced Video of Moms for Liberty Advisor Reveals Religious Extremist Agenda
Moms for Liberty is a re-branded lobbying group with underreported ties to Christian nationalism.
Jennifer Cohn
December 20, 2023
Opinion
Turning the Page on Restrictive Book and Resource Policies in Central Bucks School District Will Take a Little Time
After voters gave the Central Bucks school board a mandate for change, the new Democratic majority is “not rushing things” in order to ensure community input.
Tabitha Dell'Angelo
December 19, 2023
Opinion
The Importance of Home
For generations, poor people have relied on each other to keep a roof over their heads. But in the world’s wealthiest country, we need more.
Kazmyn Ramos
December 18, 2023
Photo Essay: Bucks County Code Blue Shelter Helps Protect Local Homeless from Life-Threatening Cold Temperatures
January 9, 2025
This January, the Code Blue facility is located at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Doylestown.
Pennsylvania State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta Wants to Get Democrats ‘Back to Basics’ as DNC Vice Chair
January 9, 2025
The Philadelphia lawmaker said Democrats ‘can’t exist as a foil to somebody else’ for the next four years.
The Cleanup Bill for the Fracking Boom Is Already Here in States Like Pennsylvania
January 9, 2025
In 1990 officials were warning the government that they needed a plan to make sure the costs to clean up the mess being made by the oil industry were not passed on to the public. If the public wants to avoid picking up the tab for the oil tycoons, it better get a plan of its own in place.
Homelessness in Bucks County Rose 25 Percent in 2024, Exceeding Alarming Nationwide Trend
January 8, 2025
Advocates blame a lack of affordable housing coupled with the rollback of COVID related anti-poverty measures.
Bucks County Changemakers Interview with Karen DeHaven of AHA! Studio for Integrated Therapies
January 7, 2025
“When we bring creative process into the healing work with kids and adults alike, breakthroughs often happen more quickly, AHA! moments become more freely accessible,” says DeHaven.
