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
Search Results for: Bucks County Youth Must Rise Up to Defend Education
News
Bucks County Democrat Joe Khan Wants to Be Pennsylvania’s Next Attorney General
He sat down with the Bucks County Beacon to talk about his experience and his vision for representing and protecting all citizens of the Commonwealth.
Lela Casey
January 22, 2024
Opinion
Zapatistas at 30: Building and Inspiring Autonomy
Since announcing themselves to the world the day NAFTA took effect on Jan. 1, 1994, the EZLN has for decades informed struggles down and up the continent. Amid climate chaos and endless war, they continue to imagine and create better worlds.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
January 1, 2024
News
Bucks County Changemakers Interview with Darren Laustsen
This Pennridge dad explains why he refuses to remain silent and sit idly by as the district’s reactionary school board majority upends and undermines public education.
Edie Weinstein
July 20, 2023
News
Male Supremacy Is at the Core of the Hard Right’s Agenda
While white supremacy is central to the hard right, so is a desire to maintain a patriarchal society where people adhere to strictly defined gender roles and men act from a position of dominance.
Cassie Miller
April 27, 2023
Opinion
Central Bucks School District Embarrassed Itself with Show Trial of ACLU LGBTQ Discrimination Complaint
The “sham investigation” commissioned by the right-wing school board majority was never about uncovering the truth, it was about creating a political prop for upcoming elections.
Lela Casey
April 21, 2023
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3-2-1 Protest: Central Bucks Community Demonstrates Against Education Gag Policy
Teachers, students, and parents are opposed to Central Bucks School District Policy 321, which they believe is “born out of bigotry and discrimination” and targets LGBTQ students.
Lela Casey
January 18, 2023
Education
The Right-Wing Money and Influence Behind Moms for Liberty
The group, which claims to be about “parent rights,” has ties to the January 6 insurrection and Christian Nationalists. They also have a chapter in Bucks County.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
October 10, 2022
Culture
Give Love to Students: Keep ‘The Hate U Give’ in School Libraries
According to the American Library Association, Angie Thomas’s book was the fifth most challenged in 2021. It should be read by students (and their parents), not banned from schools.
Emily French
September 18, 2022
With Trump’s Second Term Looming, the Climate Movement Is Putting Class Issues Center Stage
January 12, 2025
As activists double down on the disruptive tactics of recent campaigns, the movement’s leaders see opportunities to broaden its base to include people concerned about pocketbook issues like jobs and the cost of housing.
Photo Essay: Bucks County Code Blue Shelter Helps Protect Local Homeless from Life-Threatening Cold Temperatures
January 9, 2025
This January, the Code Blue facility is located at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Doylestown.
Pennsylvania State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta Wants to Get Democrats ‘Back to Basics’ as DNC Vice Chair
January 9, 2025
The Philadelphia lawmaker said Democrats ‘can’t exist as a foil to somebody else’ for the next four years.
The Cleanup Bill for the Fracking Boom Is Already Here in States Like Pennsylvania
January 9, 2025
In 1990 officials were warning the government that they needed a plan to make sure the costs to clean up the mess being made by the oil industry were not passed on to the public. If the public wants to avoid picking up the tab for the oil tycoons, it better get a plan of its own in place.
Homelessness in Bucks County Rose 25 Percent in 2024, Exceeding Alarming Nationwide Trend
January 8, 2025
Advocates blame a lack of affordable housing coupled with the rollback of COVID related anti-poverty measures.
