News
The proliferation of bigger and bigger data centers is drawing opposition from landowners, conservationists, local officials, consumer advocates and states.
Community members in places like Paterson, New Jersey, and Minneapolis say many are striving to maintain the Ramadan spirit while grappling with myriad concerns affecting their communities.
“The historical record reminds us of that access to the ballot has long required vigilance and reform within our democratic system,” said Amanda Owen, executive director of The Justice Bell Foundation.
"Congress must reassert its constitutional authority. America’s sons and daughters, husbands and wives are being put into harm’s way with no clear plan," said Bob Harvie, a Democrat running for Fitzpatrick's seat in PA-01.
A 2024 civil rights complaint seeking an investigation into racial bullying at Pennridge School District is now one of thousands sitting in a federal office with little hope of gaining attention after layoffs by the Trump administration.
Opinion
President Trump’s policies are making it harder for working families like mine to get by.
As we have seen too often in Harrisburg, a vision is not a policy, and a proposal is not progress until it is signed into law, writes Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania Executive Director Molly Parzen.
Jackson changed the rules of politics by offering an alternative to the top-down, big money-driven hegemony of the Democratic establishment: grassroots-funded, solidaric, genuinely populist.
Anyone can read the criteria for antisocial and narcissistic personality disorder in the DSM and see that Donald Trump meets almost all antisocial and narcissistic criteria, writes military veteran and retired mental health professional Steve Nolan.
Newtown's Gary Goldman takes on the national nightmare we find ourselves in thanks in part because of our national embarrassment of a president.
Education
“Upper Bucks United and our broader community are in a state of shock. The videos and firsthand accounts emerging from the Quakertown student walkout depict deeply disturbing scenes that no child should ever have to witness,” said Laura Foster, co-founder of Upper Bucks United.
The Trump administration's campaign to end diversity programs in higher education put the The PhD Project, one of many nonprofits that helps underrepresented groups gain access to higher education, in its crosshairs.
Speaking to multiple generations of students provides unique insight into the ways in which Black students continue to experience racial harm and trauma in Philly public schools.
This legislation came together the way good policy should — by listening first.
Controversial MAGA influencer Scott Presler, a "QAnon conspiracy promoter" who previously worked for an "anti-Muslim hate group," is circulating news of the 20-minute planned student event on social media in an attempt to generate outrage.
Elections
The status quo isn't going to cut it nationally or locally in the 2026 midterm elections, writes Kyle Esposito, Democratic committeeperson in East Rockhill Township.
The truth is that the people who most often assail the Democratic Party’s endorsement process are usually those who support candidates who do not have the votes to win it, writes Santarsiero, chair of the Bucks County Democratic Committee.
Sarah Baik believes it's time to put the small "d" democratic back in the big "D" Democratic primaries.
“The SAVE America Act would create sweeping new ‘show your papers’ residency and voter ID requirements that could block hundreds of thousands of eligible Pennsylvanians from participating in our democracy,” said Amy Widestrom, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania.
Proponents point out that this could reduce administrative burdens and allow counties to check results more quickly.
The former Bensalem Township council member and chief of staff for state Rep. Tina Davis wants to unseat Republican incumbent K.C. Tomlinson in Bucks County’s House District 18.
Recent Votes:
- H.R. 7744: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 March 5, 2026Vote: Passed 221/209 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- On Motion to Recommit: H.R. 7744: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 March 5, 2026Vote: Failed 212/217 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Nay
- H.Con.Res. 38: Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. March 5, 2026Vote: Failed 212/219 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Nay
- H.Res. 1099: Reaffirming Iran remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism. March 5, 2026Vote: Passed 372/53 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
