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
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
Opinion
Exploring the Connection Between Fertility Treatment and Reproductive Freedom
Being pro-choice means empowering individuals to determine their reproductive futures, including maintaining access to services such as IVF here in Pennsylvania.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
March 13, 2024
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.
Department of Homeland Security Offers to Pay Deputy Salaries and Arrest Bonuses to Grow ICE 287(g) Deportation Machine
September 10, 2025
“Regardless of where the money comes from, this makes our communities more dangerous because it deteriorates the trust of police and crimes will go unreported,” said Project Libertad Executive Director Rachel Rutter.
