Kutztown University Professor Michael Gambone reviews this beautifully written, insightful, and poignant examination of our broken, and at times absurd, modern moment.
It’s disheartening to many of us that our local politics have become so mean-spirited and even downright nasty.
The collective goal of this movement is to put a form of Christianized authoritarianism “in charge” in America.
Republican candidates for the school board, including two with ties to Moms for Liberty, used the public comment portion of last week’s meeting to give campaign speeches filled with distortions and highly offensive personal attacks.
If you are unhappy, like I am, with the ideological actions of the school board and its lack of transparency and accountability, the election on November 7 is the only remedy.
The institutional and cultural conditions that led to Jan. 6 have not abated; if anything, the landscape of threats and violence in politics has only become more permissive.
Dana Hunter and her authoritarian board majority derailed the district with their fiscal irresponsibility, extremism, lack of transparency, and backwards, reactionary policies. For the sake of our children and our community, this needs to change – now.
Given the role of our statewide appellate courts in upholding the laws that protect our air, our water, and our vote, it’s important to vote to protect a pro-environment and pro-democracy majority on the PA Supreme Court.
Public discussions, committee meetings, outreach to our community partners, and ample public debate have shaped this to be a reflection of our Doylestown’s vision for the future.
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.
Because authoritarianism is most visible in hindsight, people often don’t recognize it until it’s too late.
When the truth is unthinkable, we lie to ourselves and one another, writes historian Dr. William Horne.
“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.
“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.
