Opinion
Stephen Kinzer: Trump’s Attack on Iran Will Further Destabilize the Middle East
This attack makes a nuclear-armed Iran more likely, not less.
Stephen Kinzer
June 23, 2025
Opinion
Opinion
Pushing Public Notices to Government Websites Is a Bad Move for Pennsylvania
State Senate Bill 194 is bad for government transparency, accountability and, ultimately, taxpayer protection.
William M. Cotter
June 19, 2025
Opinion
OPINION: It Is Time for Pennsylvania to Create a Paid Family Leave Program
HB 200 would provide up to 20 weeks of paid family and medical leave for people who experience serious health conditions or life-changing events, like the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
June 18, 2025
Opinion
Who We Choose to See: A Call for Fairness, Understanding, and Support in Special Education
Special education deserves more than reactive conversations and temporary concern. It deserves sustained investment, public recognition, and structural support.
Olcay Ayata
June 17, 2025
Opinion
President Trump’s Ft. Bragg Speech Was Dangerous and Disturbing in How it Politicized the Military
This places our country and democracy in dire straits, writes former paratrooper and current historian Dr. Michael Gambone.
Dr. Michael D. Gambone
June 17, 2025
Opinion
This GOP Budget Bill Gun Law Change Threatens Lives
We need to be strengthening our gun safety laws, not weakening them.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
June 16, 2025
Opinion
OPINION: No Kings, Indeed (on Donald Trump’s Birthday)
Trump’s $45 million military parade in Washington was a dud, and overshadowed by “No Kings Day” demonstrations attended by millions of Americans in more than 2,100 cities and towns across the country.
Steve Nolan
June 15, 2025
Opinion
Why Taxes Were Raised in Central Bucks School District — And Why It Matters for the Community
Past is prologue in Central Bucks, where prior school boards kept kicking the fiscal can down the road until the bill finally came due, writes CBSD Board Vice President Heather Reynolds.
Heather Reynolds
June 14, 2025
Opinion
OPINION: To Defeat Trump’s Fascism, We Must Confront Militarism
While most Americans instinctively understand the threat U.S. militarism poses to democracy, the times call for more explicit links between militarism and rising fascism and a blueprint for reversing this threat.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
June 12, 2025
‘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.
Moms for Liberty CEO and Co-Founder Tina Descovich Verbally Attacks the Bucks County Beacon at Harrisburg-Area Event
October 8, 2025
Our crime? Journalism.
Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Is Just Another Form of Abuse for Domestic Violence Victims
October 6, 2025
As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death.
