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
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
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
Opinion
This Black History Month, Fight for the Freedom to Learn
More than ever, we need to protect our schools, libraries, and kids from censors and book banners. Our country will be better for it.
Svante Myrick
February 8, 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.
