News
Huge Turnout in Doylestown As Part of Nationwide ‘Hands Off’ Protests Against Trump Administration
This is what democracy looks like.
Edie Weinstein
April 5, 2025
Top 5
News
The Dark, McCarthyist History of Deporting Activists
Donald Trump is using decades-old laws to expel critics and opponents.
Michelle Chen
April 5, 2025
Podcast
Interview: Larissa Hopwood on the Newly Formed Doylestown Action League and Progressive Activism in Bucks County
In addition to being a local activist and Democratic Committee Person, she’s also a children’s musician, author, teacher, designer, and proud mother of a trans son.
Cyril Mychalejko
April 5, 2025
News
Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie Announces Run to Unseat Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick in 2026
“The reason I win tough races is simple – I listen to people and I fight for them,” Harvie said.
Melinda Rizzo
April 3, 2025
News
Pennsylvania Health Advocates Say Governor Shapiro Has Let Residents Down on Fracking Protections
A new report assesses the governor’s first two years, concluding that a few positive steps are outweighed by larger inaction.
Jon Hurdle, Inside Climate News
April 3, 2025
News
How Democrats Can Win By Organizing from the County Up
In her new role as a party leader, Jane Kleeb is organizing Democrats to go on the offensive.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
April 2, 2025
News
Pennsylvania Immigrant Rights Advocates Urge Passage of the American Dream and Promise Act
“It is inconceivable that after decades of promises and political posturing, Congress has yet to pass a permanent solution for undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children and other undocumented people,” said Make the Road PA’s Armando Jiménez.
Erin Flynn Jay
March 31, 2025
Opinion
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s Phony Telephone Town Halls Are Like Crank Calls to Democracy
We need a representative in Congress who engages not in sophistry, but in truth-telling, and one who has the courage to have in-person town halls open to all their constituents, writes Newtown’s Steve Cickay.
Steve Cickay
March 30, 2025
News
Food Insecurity in Bucks County Worsened by Trump and DOGE Cuts
Locally, the cuts have already hacked away about one-third of the $800,000 the federal government had been sending to supplement Bucks County Opportunity Council programs like Fresh Connect.
Pat LaMarche
March 28, 2025
Pennsylvania Needs an Independent Redistricting Commission to Ensure Fair Representation
August 25, 2025
Partisan gerrymandering is an anathema to our democracy.
Central Bucks Neighbors United School Board Candidates: Standing Up for Our Public Schools
August 22, 2025
“We’re running for school board to solve problems that affect students and families every day.”
PA Universities Risk Financial Hit as Trump’s New Policies Threaten International Enrollment
August 20, 2025
Experts say the Trump administration’s “hostile” approach could plummet foreign enrollment.
In Less than a Year, Trump has Dismantled Healthcare Access for Hundreds of Thousands of Pennsylvanians
August 19, 2025
“Based on our records… costs could go up for Pennie enrollees by 82 percent.” That’s on average. For others, it could go up even more or – when new regulations under H.R. 1, A Big Beautiful Bill Act, go into effect – it will be eliminated entirely.
Dark Money Conservative Group Running Praise Ads on Social Media Supporting Republican Brian Fitzpatrick
August 17, 2025
“It’s no surprise that billionaires and corporate special interests who are funding a dark money group are thanking Brian Fitzpatrick,” said Bob Harvie, Bucks County Commissioner.
