News
Bucks County Labor Leaders Praise Renewed AFL-CIO and SEIU Alliance as Essential
The solution to Trump and Musk’s trickle down chaos is organizing and solidarity.
Pat LaMarche
February 21, 2025
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Control of Pennsylvania Supreme Court at Stake in 2025 Election
The Democratic-majority court has played a big role in defusing election challenges. Now Republicans are mobilizing for a takeover.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 21, 2025
Opinion
Trump’s Executive Orders Seek to Erase Scientific Truth
By denying the realities of sex, gender, and race, the White House’s statements worsen inequity and cause harm.
Shoumita Dasgupta
February 20, 2025
Opinion
Deporting Millions of Immigrants Would Shock the US Economy, Increasing Housing, Food and Other Prices
Why isn’t the corporate media reporting about this more, or in many cases at all?
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
February 19, 2025
News
Upcoming Public Forum in Doylestown to Focus on Understanding Immigrants’ Experiences Locally
“The hope is to foster a better understanding of who our local immigrant community is, what challenges they face and how we can be more welcoming and understanding as a community,” said Doylestown Borough Manager John Davis.
Melinda Rizzo
February 19, 2025
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Photo Essay: Hundreds of Protesters Rally Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk in Doylestown on President’s Day
This was part of a nationwide response in locales across the country to oppose Trump’s actions since taking office, which legal scholars say are putting the country in a “constitutional crisis.”
Mike Maney
February 18, 2025
News
Pennsylvania Isn’t Quite the Abortion Sanctuary State That Reproductive Rights Advocates Want it to Be
Recent data shows patients leaving the state to obtain abortion care actually outnumber those coming in.
Sam Schroeder
February 16, 2025
News
Governor Josh Shapiro Sues Trump Administration Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Funding Freeze
The lawsuit alleges Pennsylvania is unable to access over $2 billion of grant funds.
Ian Karbal, Author at Penn-Capital Star
February 14, 2025
News
Trump’s War on DEI Is Decimating HUD’s Homelessness Response Infrastructure While Evicting Key Personnel from Their Positions
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development provides technical assistance to communities and agencies working to end homelessness across the nation – including Bucks County.
Pat LaMarche
February 10, 2025
Pennsylvania Can’t Reject Improperly Dated Ballots, Federal Court Rules
April 1, 2025
The judge ruled that rejecting mail ballots for issues with the date on the outer envelope violates voters’ First Amendment rights, since voting is considered an expression of free speech.
Pennsylvania Immigrant Rights Advocates Urge Passage of the American Dream and Promise Act
March 31, 2025
“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.
Danny Ceisler Launches Campaign for Bucks County Sheriff with Strong Backing from Democratic Leaders
March 30, 2025
“Danny is a battle-tested patriot who represents the best of his generation. Bucks County will be safer with him as our Sheriff,” said former Bucks County Congressman Patrick Murphy.
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s Phony Telephone Town Halls Are Like Crank Calls to Democracy
March 30, 2025
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.
Food Insecurity in Bucks County Worsened by Trump and DOGE Cuts
March 28, 2025
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.
