Opinion
Letters: Project 2025 and Climate Change, Comparing Tim Walz and JD Vance, and Trump and the Potential End of Voting
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
August 11, 2024
Opinion
Opinion
According to the Folks at Project 2025, You Might Be a Pornographer
While Project 2025 doesn’t clearly define what it considers pornography, this ambiguity allows Christian Nationalists to selectively weaponize it against the usual targets, such as sex education in schools, LGBTQ+ themed library books, or even a sex advice column in a magazine.
Laura Rose
August 9, 2024
Opinion
From Michael Brown to Sonya Massey, Police Anti-Black Violence Causes Grief, Worry and Coping for Black Parents
These two instances of police violence highlight the cyclical nature of police violence against Black Americans – and the growing mistrust among Black Americans for local police.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
August 8, 2024
Opinion
Trump and Project 2025 Want Militaristic Mass Deportations. This Would Be a Nightmare for the Entire Country
The popular GOP slogan would tear millions of families apart, including mine. It would also be a moral, logistical, and economic disaster.
Alliyah Lusuegro
August 7, 2024
Opinion
Why It Is Impossible to Love Today’s Republican Party, or Even Just Respect It
Once the MAGA agenda is finally defeated and discarded, then, and only then, can we welcome the GOP back into the normal fold of our democracy.
Steve Cickay
August 6, 2024
Opinion
OPINION: In Souderton Area School District, Elected School Board Members Should Be Role Models
When MAGA Republican school board director William Formica posted on X that Vice President Kamala Harris “blew a lot of dudes,” he proved he is not worthy of this responsibility.
Victor M. Verbeke, Esq
August 4, 2024
Opinion
The Toxic East Palestine Train Derailment Makes the Case for Public Rail Ownership
Class I railroad robber barons are perfectly willing to risk the lives of workers and people living in trackside communities so long as it means more money for them and their shareholders.
Adam Barrington, Inequality.org
August 1, 2024
Opinion
5 Growing Threats to Academic Freedom in the United States
V-Dem Institute, a global research organization that monitors indicators of democracy around the world, determined that academic freedom has “substantially worsened” in the United States in recent years.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
July 29, 2024
Opinion
We All Know How MAGA Will Attack Kamala Harris: Racism, Sexism, Conspiracies, and Disinformation
It’s on us to have her back and help her win.
Melissa Ryan
July 28, 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.
