Opinion
Why Trump Can’t Disavow His Support for Project 2025
The right-wing playbook’s plans for public schools are already in place or rolling out.
Maurice T. Cunningham
August 20, 2024
Opinion
Opinion
Project 2025 Exposed: What Leaked Videos Tell Us About MAGA’s Plan for a Second Trump Administration
Project 2025 is the MAGA blueprint for reshaping the American federal government and ensuring that America becomes an authoritarian state under its control.
Melissa Ryan
August 18, 2024
Opinion
Letters: Calling All ‘Swifties’, GOP Will Sell Out Workers and Seniors, and Honoring Jimmy Carter’s Humanity and Decency
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
August 18, 2024
Opinion
Kamala Harris’ Economic Agenda Will Lower Costs for American Families
Harris is proposing an agenda that is hopeful, one that will expand the possibility of the American Dream for younger generations, writes Doylestown Democrats Chair Connor OHanlon.
Connor OHanlon
August 18, 2024
Opinion
What Does Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Think About Trump Attacking Kamala Harris’ Race? No One Knows, and That’s a Problem
Editor Cyril Mychalejko interviewed Bucks County NAACP President Karen Downer and Bucks County Anti-Racism Coalition Co-leader Kevin E. Leven about Trump’s performance at the NABJ, the racism behind it, and Fitzpatrick’s cowardly silence on the issue.
Cyril Mychalejko
August 16, 2024
Opinion
Engineering Trumpland: The Elon Musk Interview
The only good thing about a malignant narcissist is that they frequently telegraph what they are going to do—even brag about it.
Steve Nolan
August 16, 2024
Opinion
The U.S. Needs a ‘Robin Hood Tax’
A tiny Wall Street sales tax could fund huge improvements for the rest of us. Just a 0.1 percent tax — that’s 10 cents on every $100 of stocks, bonds, and derivatives trades — would generate an estimated $752 billion over 10 years.
Susan Harley
August 15, 2024
Opinion
‘Educators Rising’ Is Preparing the Next Generation of Pennsylvania Teachers
The PSEA is the state coordinator for the program which launched last year, with 168 high school students in 15 schools from across the commonwealth participating.
Aaron Chapin
August 14, 2024
Opinion
More People Need To Know That Abortion Is Health Care
Abortion access is not just a hot button issue—it is crucial to women’s health.
Anita Raj
August 13, 2024
Interview: Charlie Kirk Was ‘Face of Christian Nationalism’ Trying to Conquer the Education ‘Mountain’
September 15, 2025
University of North Georgia’s Matthew Boedy spoke to the Bucks County Beacon about his new book, “The Seven Mountains Mandate,” and how Kirk was part of this movement seeking right-wing Christian dominion over government and society.
OPINION: Democracy Requires Our Attention, All The Time
September 15, 2025
On this Democracy Day, I want us to remember: democracy isn’t just something we inherit, it’s something we build — one election, one conversation, one act of civic engagement at a time, writes Bob Harvie.
Why Journalists Are Reluctant to Call Trump an Authoritarian – and Why That Matters for Democracy
September 15, 2025
Because authoritarianism is most visible in hindsight, people often don’t recognize it until it’s too late.
OPINION: Why Some People Are Pretending About Charlie Kirk’s History and the Truth About This Dangerous Moment
September 11, 2025
When the truth is unthinkable, we lie to ourselves and one another, writes historian Dr. William Horne.
Bucks County State Rep. Jim Prokopiak Leads Roundtable Discussion on Housing Affordability Solutions
September 11, 2025
“These communities in Bucks County were built for working-class people, and for decades it stayed that way. But since 2017, rent has gone up in our region by 50 percent,” said Prokopiak.
