Opinion
The Way We Treat Our Unhoused Neighbors Is Criminal
The death of a homeless Bucks County woman last week reminds us that we are failing the least fortunate among us.
Pat LaMarche
February 2, 2024
Opinion
Opinion
OPINION: Rolling Stone Goes Cherry-Picking with Critique of Pentagon Report
Bucks County Veteran Steve Nolan believes the DOD was right to examine extremism within the military’s ranks, but that the media outlet’s coverage of it was misleading.
Steve Nolan
February 2, 2024
Opinion
For 150 Years, Black Journalists Have Known What Confederate Monuments Really Stood For
Confederate monuments were part of a relentless propaganda campaign to restore the South’s reputation and are symbols of the violent backlash against Black citizenship by white Southerners.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 1, 2024
Opinion
OPINION: Pennsylvanians Need Another Cyber Charter School Like A Hole In The Head
Yet the Shapiro administration approves one anyway.
Peter Greene
January 31, 2024
Opinion
Democrats Are Trying to Make Democracy Work in Harrisburg
A Republican majority in the State Senate is acting as a wall for progress by blocking critical legislation passed in the Democratic-controlled House. Voters can tear down this wall in 2024.
Steve Cickay
January 30, 2024
Opinion
Why It’s Important for Central Bucks School District to Create Learning Environments Where Students Feel Seen, Heard, and Valued
The key to achieving a school where everyone experiences dignity is a willingness to engage in deep critical self-reflection.
Tabitha Dell'Angelo
January 29, 2024
Opinion
A Tale of Two Pastors, and Two Versions of Christianity
Will Americans of faith choose progressive values of compassion over the gospel of prosperity and power?
Sonali Kolhatkar
January 29, 2024
Opinion
An Open Letter to Governor Josh Shapiro: Fully and Fairly Fund Our Public Schools
Over 350 parents, educators, taxpayers, and school board members from more than 40 districts across the state also remind the governor that privatization schemes like vouchers are part of the problem, not the solution.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
January 28, 2024
Opinion
President Biden’s New Transit Rule Is Good News for People and the Planet
The administration rolled out a new rule to make sure federal transit dollars are invested in sustainable projects that create local jobs and allow communities to be part of the solution.
LeeAnn Hall
January 23, 2024
ICE’s Use of a Full-Body Restraint on Immigrants, Referred to as ‘the Burrito’, Raises Concerns Over Inhumane Treatment
October 14, 2025
The WRAP is the subject of a growing number of federal lawsuits likening incorrect usage of the device to punishment and torture, and when used by local law enforcement has even resulted in deaths.
Bucks County Sheriff Fred Harran’s Lawyer Calls ACLU and Fellow Plaintiffs in ICE Lawsuit Part of ‘Violent and Radical Left’
October 11, 2025
What’s next? Labelling them Antifa. Local voters must deport this MAGA sheriff from his office on Nov. 4 to end his ICE 287(g) agreement once and for all, writes Editor Cyril Mychalejko.
‘Ban This! How One School Fought Two Book Bans and Won’ Authors Set to Speak in Newtown and Doylestown
October 11, 2025
“We are all looking for some kind of hope; for someone who has been successful in taking on the far right,” said Barbara Simmons, executive director of The Peace Center in Langhorne.
Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition Launches Solidarity Fund for Immigrant Communities Across Pennsylvania
October 9, 2025
PA FIRE’s goal is to create “a groundbreaking, statewide initiative to protect immigrant rights, expand vital services and drive long-term systems change across the commonwealth.”
With SNAP Cuts, Rising Hunger and Funding Reductions, Bucks County Food Banks Feeling Squeezed
October 9, 2025
“Families are feeling the pressure, and so are the systems meant to support them,” said Elizabeth Zbinden, Food Program Manager with Bucks County Opportunity Council.
