Opinion
Letters: America First Redux, Yet Another Reason Not to Vote for Trump, and Do-Nothing Republicans
Bucks County Beacon readers sound off.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 22, 2024
Opinion
Opinion
OPINION: GOP Incompetence or Complicity?
Any way you look at it, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick is part of the problem of the Republican Party’s growing, and unchecked, extremism.
Steve Cickay
February 22, 2024
Opinion
Giving Students the Tools to Fight Hate
When politicians remove historical and cultural context from education, we need to help students build resilience.
Shauna Taradash
February 20, 2024
Opinion
Being ‘Woke’ to Racial Injustices in The United States Has a Long History
For Black people, the modern-day meaning of the word has little to do with school curriculum or political jargon and goes back to the days of Jim Crow and legal, often violent, racial segregation.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 19, 2024
Opinion
Why I Didn’t Quit Central Bucks School Board
Two Central Bucks Republican school board members – Lisa Sciscio and Debra Cannon – publicly, though unofficially quit. Their hypocrisy and bad example for students is just sad and unfortunate.
Tabitha Dell'Angelo
February 15, 2024
Opinion
Poor and Low-Income Voters Are a Sleeping Giant
Politicians pay next to no attention to the concerns of 85 million low-income Americans. Advocates want to change that — and maybe the next election, too.
Sarah Anderson, Inequality.org
February 15, 2024
Opinion
Rethinking Our Response to Youth Homelessness
While we desperately need more affordable housing, we will not be able to build our way out of the population-level crisis that youth homelessness has become.
Jacqueline White
February 12, 2024
Opinion
Moms for Liberty’s Extremism Starts at the Top
The group’s founders have a lengthy history of disruption, scandal, harassment, and threats of violence.
Maurice T. Cunningham
February 11, 2024
Opinion
Not Your Father’s Republican Party?
Trump isn’t the problem; he is a symptom of a worsening sickness that has afflcited the GOP for decades.
Connor OHanlon
February 9, 2024
Pennsylvania Can’t Reject Improperly Dated Ballots, Federal Court Rules
April 1, 2025
The judge ruled that rejecting mail ballots for issues with the date on the outer envelope violates voters’ First Amendment rights, since voting is considered an expression of free speech.
Pennsylvania Immigrant Rights Advocates Urge Passage of the American Dream and Promise Act
March 31, 2025
“It is inconceivable that after decades of promises and political posturing, Congress has yet to pass a permanent solution for undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children and other undocumented people,” said Make the Road PA’s Armando Jiménez.
Danny Ceisler Launches Campaign for Bucks County Sheriff with Strong Backing from Democratic Leaders
March 30, 2025
“Danny is a battle-tested patriot who represents the best of his generation. Bucks County will be safer with him as our Sheriff,” said former Bucks County Congressman Patrick Murphy.
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s Phony Telephone Town Halls Are Like Crank Calls to Democracy
March 30, 2025
We need a representative in Congress who engages not in sophistry, but in truth-telling, and one who has the courage to have in-person town halls open to all their constituents, writes Newtown’s Steve Cickay.
Food Insecurity in Bucks County Worsened by Trump and DOGE Cuts
March 28, 2025
Locally, the cuts have already hacked away about one-third of the $800,000 the federal government had been sending to supplement Bucks County Opportunity Council programs like Fresh Connect.
