News
Hiroshima Marks 80 Years Since Atomic Bombing as Aging Survivors Worry About Growing Nuke Threat
The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people and a second bomb on Nagasaki killed 70,000 more.
AP
August 6, 2025
History
News
President Trump’s Campaign to Whitewash History Has Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park in Its Sights
“Nothing is closed, nor has anything been taken down or altered,” a park representative stated in an email.
Naomi Weiss
July 31, 2025
News
A Bayard Rustin Archive Aims to Preserve His Legacy as a Queer Civil Rights Activist
Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates the West Chester-born civil rights activist, a mentor to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and key architect of the March on Washington.
AP
July 9, 2025
Opinion
How Philadelphia’s Current Sanitation Strike Differs from Past Labor Disputes in the City
Philly has a long history of sanitation strikes that goes back to March 1937.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
July 8, 2025
News
Juneteenth Started With Handbills Proclaiming Freedom. Here’s What They Said
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in the U.S. in 2021 but has been celebrated in Texas since 1866.
AP
June 19, 2025
News
Bucks County Artist Will Unveil Interactive Juneteenth Art Piece
“Art has always been a way to tell the story and expose injustice,” said artist Kevin Aster Young.
Naomi Weiss
June 13, 2025
News
What Is Memorial Day and How Has It Evolved from Its Civil War Origins?
The first national observance of what was then called Decoration Day occurred on May 30, 1868, after an organization of Union veterans called for decorating war graves with flowers, which were in bloom.
AP
May 26, 2025
Opinion
80 Years After Benito Mussolini’s Death, Here’s What Democracies Today Can Learn from His Fascist Rise
Time and again, the opposition in Mussolini’s Italy failed to concertedly oppose the fascists’ attacks on democratic norms and institutions. Then it was too late.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
April 27, 2025
News
Book Review | Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past
Steve Benen’s “Ministry of Truth” illustrates a consistent pattern of success when Republicans rewrite history to reflect “their preferred narrative.” But their success is democracy’s loss.
Dr. Michael D. Gambone
April 12, 2025
Dark Money Conservative Group Running Praise Ads on Social Media Supporting Republican Brian Fitzpatrick
August 17, 2025
“It’s no surprise that billionaires and corporate special interests who are funding a dark money group are thanking Brian Fitzpatrick,” said Bob Harvie, Bucks County Commissioner.
Bucks County Man Who Died on Frontlines Defending Ukraine From Russia Will Be Honored at Local Ukrainian Folk Festival
August 13, 2025
The 34th Annual Ukrainian folk festival on August 24, landing on Ukrainian Independence Day, will be honoring Bobby Pietrangelo of Hilltown and Corey Nawrocki of Lansdale, who both recently lost their lives fighting as soldiers for Ukraine.
Concerned Citizens Are Fighting Back Against ICE Immigration Raids and Roundups in Lehigh and Bucks Counties
August 12, 2025
“These are our neighbors, colleagues, parishioners, our students – the cruelty with which this is happening and the pace is unacceptable. And a lot of people feel that way,” said Bucks County’s Barbara Simmons.
Trump to Deploy National Guard to Streets of DC and Place City Police Under Federal Control to ‘Liberate’ Nation’s Capital
August 11, 2025
He is also enlisting FBI, AFT, ICE, DEA, and U.S. Marshals Service agents to assist in his plans to purge the city of its homeless population and crack down on crime.
Democratic State Rep. Chris Rabb Proposes Bills to Bolster Local News Media (and Democracy) in Pennsylvania
August 11, 2025
“When communities lose access to independent journalism, transparency erodes, civic engagement declines, and government becomes less accountable to the people it serves,” said Rabb.
