Opinion
When it Comes to Our Freedom to Vote, the Two Parties Are Not the Same
Voting rights and our access to the ballot in Pennsylvania are under attack.
Kadida Kenner
March 31, 2024
Opinion
Opinion
Corporate Profiteering Destroyed the Baltimore Bridge
The price of corporate compromising on safety is usually paid with taxpayer dollars and immigrant worker lives.
Sonali Kolhatkar
March 29, 2024
Opinion
Time to Move on Bold, New Clean Energy Plan for Pennsylvania
The commonwealth, with its highly skilled union workforce and infrastructure, should be at the forefront of the clean energy transition.
Molly Parzen
March 27, 2024
Opinion
Biden Cannot Easily Make Roe v. Wade Federal Law, But He Could Still Make it Easier to Get an Abortion
Most Americans think of the federal government and the president as capable of doing anything that a majority of Congress thinks is appropriate. But that is not true.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
March 26, 2024
Opinion
Senator Bob Casey: An American Everyman
He actually champions the needs of ordinary American people: women’s reproductive freedom, the strength of our democracy, the prosperity of workers, lowering the cost of consumer goods, and preventing child poverty.
Steve Cickay
March 26, 2024
Opinion
The Hypocrisy of Republicans’ Anti-Crime Rhetoric
The Republican playbook rolls back existing firearm regulations and blocks new gun control laws. This will only worsen gun violence.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
March 24, 2024
Opinion
Cash Bail Is Unfair and Violates Due Process
Reversing progress on bail reform is a new flashpoint in the GOP’s culture wars.
Sonali Kolhatkar
March 18, 2024
Opinion
Letters: GOP Response to the State of the Union, the Pennsylvania Seven Responsible for Trump
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
March 15, 2024
Opinion
Who’s to Blame for Nex Benedict’s Death?
Anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans contributed to the hate that led to the death of a non-binary teenager in Oklahoma.
John Thompson
March 13, 2024
These Pennsylvania College and University Presidents Say the Trump Administration’s ‘Unprecedented Government Overreach’ Endangers Higher Education
April 25, 2025
There are 480 higher education leaders from across the country who have signed a letter opposing “undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live and work” on their campuses.
Trump Administration’s Proposed Funding Cuts to Head Start Would Harm Vulnerable Bucks County Kids
April 24, 2025
“We should be expanding access, not taking it away. Every child deserves a fair and equitable start, and I’ll fight in Congress to protect programs like Head Start that make that possible,” said Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, a Democratic candidate for Congress in PA-01.
Exclusive: Sheriff Fred Harran Enlists Bucks County in Trump’s Nationwide Immigration Crackdown
April 22, 2025
The Bucks County Sheriff’s office has an application pending to participate in ICE’s 287(g) “task force model”, which essentially makes local law enforcement officers de facto ICE agents.
Photo Essay: Doylestown Action League’s ‘Day of Action’ Against the Trump Administration’s Assault on Democracy
April 20, 2025
There were hundreds of rallies and protests against the Trump Administration across the country Saturday.
Pennsylvania House Democrats Want to Prohibit Cooperation with Out-of-state Criminal Abortion Investigations
April 18, 2025
The goal of the proposed legislation is to protect women who receive abortions and the doctors and nurses who provide this reproductive health care.
