Opinion
OPINION: Corporate ‘Cancellations’ and Decision-making Are About Profits, and Only Profits
Greed is not a good way to regulate speech protections in a democratic society.
Pat LaMarche
September 23, 2025
Free Speech
Opinion
State Senator Steve Santarsiero: American Democracy Is the Frog and the Water Is Starting to Boil
We should boycott ABC and all things Disney. Corporate America needs to feel the disapproval of the American People, writes the chair of the Bucks County Democrats.
State Senator Steve Santarsiero
September 18, 2025
News
White House Working to Criminalize Left-Wing Dissent as ‘Domestic Terror’ in Wake of Charlie Kirk Murder
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom noted Monday on social media that Stephen Miller “has already publicly labeled the Democratic Party as a terrorist organization.”
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams
September 16, 2025
News
Most Americans Disapprove of Trump’s Treatment of Colleges, a New AP-NORC Poll Finds
The poll shows a disconnect between the Trump administration’s targeting of universities and an American public that sees them as key to scientific research, new ideas and innovative technology.
AP
May 9, 2025
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
Education
Pennridge School District Repeals Independence Law Center-Written Anti-Advocacy Policy That Banned Pride Flags
Reason and common sense are guiding decisions again as the school board turns to teachers and administrators – not right-wing Christian groups or Moms for Liberty – to regulate classrooms and school policy.
Cyril Mychalejko
December 3, 2024
Opinion
US House Passes Dangerous Bill That Could Punish Nonprofits Treasury Department Decides Are ‘Terrorist’
“I believe that this is part of a strategy to preempt opposition to Republican policies and encourage self-censorship,” said Indiana University Professor Beth Gazley.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
November 24, 2024
Opinion
Letter: Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s Reckless Vote on H.R. 9495
The legislation allows the Treasury Secretary to arbitrarily label any organization (like nonprofits, news outlets, universities) as a “terrorist supporter” without providing any justification or evidence.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
November 22, 2024
Education
ACLU and Ramsingh Legal Ask Federal Court to Order Souderton Area School District to Stop Targeting Critics and Stifling Free Speech
The district “has engaged in a pattern of conduct designed to silence its critics,” said ACLU of Pennsylvania Deputy Legal Director Sara Rose.
Cyril Mychalejko
November 21, 2024
Poll Shows Bob Harvie in Dead Heat With Republican Brian Fitzpatrick in Next Year’s Congressional Race
October 20, 2025
According to the poll conducted between Oct. 10-11, “Trump fatigue” was setting in for PA-01 voters and “the unpopularity of Trump and the national GOP brand [was] splashing onto Fitzpatrick.”
Photo Essay: Thousands of Democracy Defenders Protest Trump at ‘No Kings’ Rallies Throughout Bucks County
October 19, 2025
Doylestown, Morrisville, Perkasie and New Hope were among the locations where local residents protested Saturday because they love their country.
INTERVIEW: Democrat Joe Khan Hopes to Bring Change to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
October 17, 2025
“If you want to run a prosecutor’s office that’s really going to keep people safe, you need to be proactive and you need to be out there in the community,” said Khan.
‘Saving Plumstead’: A Rural Bucks County Township Stands Together to Preserve Their Piece of Paradise
October 17, 2025
Partisan politics takes a back seat as a community unites to protect its home from a solid waste recycling center.
After Local Judge Greenlights Bucks County Sheriff-ICE Pact, Voters May Be the Last Hope to Derail It
October 15, 2025
Democratic candidate for sheriff Danny Ceisler said if elected he vows to “end this deportation partnership once and for all.”
