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
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
Opinion
Trump Was Not King and Can Be Prosecuted for Crimes Committed While President
The appeals court’s decision, particularly if the Supreme Court allows it to stand, is likely to have ramifications across the U.S. legal and political systems for decades.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 7, 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.
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.
Two Pennsylvania Towns Seek Public Funding for Water Systems Amid Claims That Fracking Contaminated Their Wells
September 9, 2025
The Greene County towns are believed to be the first in the state to use the emergency declaration in relation to drinking-water contamination.
