Opinion
Advice to My Bucks County Republican Friends After Their Big November Election Loss
Choose freedom over fascism.
Steve Cickay
December 3, 2023
Opinion
Opinion
It’s Time for No-Cost Birth Control
When insurance companies routinely violate the Affordable Care Act’s requirement for no-cost contraceptive options, it’s an affront to reproductive autonomy.
Raegan McDonald-Mosley
December 3, 2023
Opinion
Quakers Protest in Silence Hoping Vanguard Will Hear Their Calls to Invest in a Sustainable, Livable Future
The Malvern-based firm is the world’s largest investor in fossil fuels and as a result is recklessly propelling us towards climate catastrophe.
Lina Blount
December 1, 2023
Top 5
Excerpt: ‘American Roulette’
This “day in the life novel” is about eight ordinary people careening toward a uniquely American disaster. The authors are donating 100 percent of the book royalties to stop gun violence.
Pat LaMarche
December 1, 2023
Opinion
As Plastic Production Grows, Treaty Negotiations to Reduce Plastic Waste Are Stuck in Low Gear
A binding treaty on plastic pollution that has a chance at success must minimize oil and gas industry influence and have increased U.S. support for a life-cycle approach, including agreements to phase out single-use plastics and harmful chemicals.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
November 30, 2023
Opinion
If Evangelical Good News Clubs Get Access to Public Schools, So Does After School Satan Club
A Pennsylvania school district’s settlement with the Satanic Temple is a blow to the monopoly evangelicals have staked on public schools for indoctrination and another victory for those who oppose Christian supremacy.
Rick Pidcock, Baptist News Global
November 29, 2023
Opinion
Antisemitism Is a Threat to Us All — And to Democracy
The danger in antisemitic conspiracy theories lies not only in the direct threat they pose to Jewish communities, but also in the way fascists and authoritarians have used them as tools to undermine democracy.
William Horne
November 28, 2023
Opinion
Conservative California School Board Bans ‘Angels in America’
A Temecula Valley High School drama teacher was placed on leave for assigning Tony Kushner’s iconic, Pulitzer-winning play.
Ian Donley
November 28, 2023
Opinion
How Should We Define Homelessness?
The federal government currently defines homelessness in a narrow way, excluding many from services designed to help people who are unhoused.
Cheyenne Garcia
November 24, 2023
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.
