Opinion
OPINION: How Vladimir Putin Defeats the United States
There is much work to do if we intend to keep this republic, writes Bucks County military veteran Steve Nolan.
Steve Nolan
February 18, 2025
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News
The 33rd Annual Ukrainian Festival Offers a Chance to Celebrate Ukraine’s Culture While Expressing Solidarity With It’s Fight for Independence
Dance troupes, musicians, singers and spectacular cuisine keep crowds coming back year after year to celebrate Ukraine’s independence.
Jenny Stephens
August 8, 2024
News
Ukrainian Poet Uses Her Craft as Wartime Witnessing
Halyna Kruk’s “A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails” documents the carnage of war, but does not exclude the things that refuse to be extinguished by suffering.
Steve Nolan
June 3, 2024
Opinion
OPINION: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s Ego is Dooming His Ukraine Aid Maneuver
The Bucks County Republican is pushing a discharge petition on a bill with his own name on it instead of supporting the package that already passed the Senate with a bipartisan supermajority of 70 Senators.
Kierstyn Zolfo
March 6, 2024
Opinion
New Date, Same Traditions: Ukraine’s Wartime Christmas Celebrations
From Vertep performances to koliadky workshops, Christmas celebrations illustrate the resilience of the Ukrainian people.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
December 25, 2023
Opinion
President Biden’s Advocacy for a ‘Rules-Based International Order’ Blows Up with Decision to Send Cluster Bombs to Ukraine
What kind of rules-based order sees the country that claims to be the most powerful force for good in the world outside the international consensus on issues of humanitarian concern?
James Fine
July 18, 2023
Opinion
Only Constructive Diplomacy Can End Russia’s War in Ukraine
If the Biden Administration and Congress fail to work for a ceasefire and a lasting agreement along realistic lines, an effective peace movement will be needed to steer U.S. policy toward peace and away from a longer, wider, and more catastrophic war.
James Fine
February 23, 2023
Opinion
Peace in Ukraine Requires Diplomacy and Compromise
While Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick wants Putin to suffer “a complete and total humiliating defeat in Ukraine,” this war, ending it, and running foreign policy in general is a little more complex.
James Fine
December 19, 2022
News
Bucks County Residents Join Effort for Ukrainian Support and Solidarity
Across Bucks County, people and businesses are leaning in to help Ukranians.
Jocelyn B. Pappas
April 14, 2022
Head Start in Bucks County Saved, Federal Funding Extended for Next 5 Years
June 30, 2025
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
Regulatory Sandbox Proposed by Republican Pennsylvania Lawmaker Would Allow Businesses to Sidestep State Environmental Regulations
June 30, 2025
“This bill would allow you to set aside any state law, you could pollute the air as much as you want, you could pollute the water as much as you want, you could do anything essentially that you wanted that would ordinarily violate the law,” said former Secretary for PA’s Department of Environmental Protection David Hess.
It’s Farmers Market Season In and Around Bucks County
June 27, 2025
Look for ruby red strawberries and tomatoes, rich leafy greens, carefully crafted coffee, artisan breads, cupcakes, cookies, granola, field-grown flowers, local honey, and more at Bucks County’s farmers market offerings.
Democrats Are Trying to Figure Out What to Do About John Fetterman
June 27, 2025
At town halls across Pennsylvania, rank-and-file Democrats and allied progressive groups are inviting Conor Lamb, a former U.S Congressman who voters rejected in May 2022 when he ran against Fetterman in the Senate primary. Now he is serving as a stand-in for the embattled Senator.
7 State Senate Democrats Help Republicans Pass Bill That Critics Say Punishes Homeless Pennsylvanians
June 26, 2025
Senate Bill 780 will effectively ban people from sleeping outside, even if they have no other shelter available to them, and fines municipalities that don’t comply.
