News
New Young Adult Historical Fiction Set in ‘Whites Only’ Levittown Explores Racial Passing and Racism in America’s Past
A review of Kim Johnson’s “The Color of a Lie.”
Lauren Bradley
July 10, 2024
Top 5
News
UAW Workers At Lehigh Valley BMW Distribution Center Finalize ‘Unprecedented’ Contract Agreement
After threatening to strike on June 8, the union’s main focus was unity and solidarity heading to the bargaining table. It worked, and they secured wage hikes of up to 33 percent and ended a two-tier wage system.
Catherine Caruso
July 8, 2024
News
Pipersville Residents Held Hostage By Slaughterhouse Horrors
Aside from the PA Department of Environmental Protection, and County Commissioner Marseglia, most other local, state and federal agencies have failed to address local families’ concerns. An injunction is finally forthcoming.
Jenny Stephens
July 8, 2024
News
California Governor Gavin Newsom Visits Doylestown, Urges Bucks County to ‘Help Save Democracy’ in November
“Voting rights. Civil rights. LGBTQ rights. Women’s rights. Not just access to abortion. Access to contraception. All of those things are on the ballot,” said Newsom.
Edie Weinstein
July 8, 2024
News
After SCOTUS OK’s Criminalization of Homelessness, Pennsylvania Democrats Plan Legislative Response to Protect Rights of the Unhoused
State lawmakers want to prohibit municipalities from enacting laws punishing residents simply because they have nowhere to live.
Pat LaMarche
July 7, 2024
Opinion
Confronting a ‘Second American Revolution’ on the 4th of July
“We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless — if the left allows it to be,” warned Project 2025 architect and Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts.
Ruth Conniff, Wisconsin Examiner
July 4, 2024
News
Pennsylvania House Passes Bill Banning Foreign Influence In Elections Through Dark Money
“This is a revolutionary step forward for Pennsylvania that closes off a major threat to American self-government: foreign-influenced corporate political spending,” said MarchOnHarrisburg Executive Director Rabbi Michael Pollack.
Catherine Caruso
July 3, 2024
News
Pennsylvania County Disenfranchised Voters Whose Mail-in Ballots Had Errors, ACLU Lawsuit Claims
The suit claims Washington County election officials deliberately did not inform hundreds of voters their ballots had been rejected before Election Day.
Kim Lyons, Author at Penn-Capital Star
July 3, 2024
News
Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025
Project 2025 is a roadmap for a theocratic future of religious-based, white male-dominant ordered liberty and structural inequality within which God’s self-perceived chosen people rule over all others.
Bruce Gourley, Church & State
July 2, 2024
Photo Essay: Doylestown Action League’s ‘Day of Action’ Against the Trump Administration’s Assault on Democracy
April 20, 2025
There were hundreds of rallies and protests against the Trump Administration across the country Saturday.
Pennsylvania House Democrats Want to Prohibit Cooperation with Out-of-state Criminal Abortion Investigations
April 18, 2025
The goal of the proposed legislation is to protect women who receive abortions and the doctors and nurses who provide this reproductive health care.
Core Democratic Groups Like ActBlue and Indivisible Are Preparing to Be Targeted by the Trump Administration
April 16, 2025
Elon Musk has called on the FBI to investigate ActBlue and recently called Indivisible criminals.
Proposed SEPTA Cuts Are Devastating for Bucks County Workers and College Students
April 16, 2025
“That’s my only means to commute,” said Antonio Deleon, a 38-year-old disabled Levittown resident who lives on a fixed income. He uses it to get to class and for volunteer work in Philadelphia.
Trump Administration’s Proposed Federal Funding Cuts Will Eliminate Free School Lunches for Hungry Students in Pennsylvania
April 16, 2025
About $1.6 billion in federal funding is at risk for Pennsylvania, with SNAP and Title I school free lunches among the hardest hit programs.
