Bucks County Beacon

06/10/2025

Banned Books Week: A Local Reflection From a Pennridge School District Dad
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06/10/2025

Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Is Just Another Form of Abuse for Domestic Violence Victims | As PA Senate Republicans hold the state budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death, reports Pat LaMarche.

As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death.

06/10/2025

What It’s Like Being an Immigrant During Election Season | For families like mine, the election season is not just about politics. It is about whether we can live with dignity, whether our children feel they truly belong, and whether our neighbors see us as part of the community or as perpetual outsiders, writes Bucks County's Olcay Ayata.

For families like mine, the election season is not just about politics. It is about whether we can live with dignity, whether our children feel they truly belong, and whether our neighbors see us as part of the community or as perpetual outsiders, writes Bucks County's Olcay Ayata.

06/10/2025

How ‘Woke’ Went From an Expression in Black Culture to a Conservative Insult | “Wokeness” originated decades ago as African American cultural slang for having awareness and enlightenment around racism, injustice, privilege or threats of white supremacist violence, reports the AP.

“Wokeness” originated decades ago as African American cultural slang for having awareness and enlightenment around racism, injustice, privilege or threats of white supremacist violence.

06/10/2025

We Must Continue to Defend the Freedom to Read in Central Bucks School District | With elections next month, Central Bucks School Board's Karen Smith reminds community members of the chaos and divisiveness Republican book banners inflicted on the district just a few years ago.

With elections next month, Central Bucks School Board's Karen Smith reminds community members of the chaos and divisiveness Republican book banners inflicted on the district just a few years ago.

05/10/2025

School Board Candidate Q&A: Liz Sheehan – New Hope-Solebury School District | "Meeting the social and emotional needs of our students is an ongoing concern – addressing student wellness, screen usage, and appropriate inclusion of AI in the curriculum are all focal points for the next four years."

This is the 10th in a series of interviews with school board candidates from across Bucks County.

05/10/2025

The Quiet Creep of Censorship: How ‘Everyday Banning’ Is Reshaping American Schools | PEN America’s new report “The Normalization of Book Banning” exposes how book censorship has become “rampant and common” in public schools across the United States.

PEN America’s new report “The Normalization of Book Banning” exposes how book censorship has become “rampant and common” in public schools across the United States.

05/10/2025

Bill Mullen, co-author with Christopher Vials of "The U.S. Anti-Fascism Reader," says the Trump Administration is now doing more than just dog whistling to the far right, it is actually inviting the far right into the regime.
FULL INTERVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/3h4jc399

05/10/2025

: A Local Reflection From a Pennridge School District Dad | When politicians order books off the shelves, they aren’t protecting kids—they’re silencing voices, narrowing choices, and undermining the very purpose of a public education, writes Darren Laustsen.

When politicians order books off the shelves, they aren’t protecting kids—they’re silencing voices, narrowing choices, and undermining the very purpose of a public education, writes Darren Laustsen.

04/10/2025

School Board Candidate Q&A: Thomas Trauger – Pennridge School District | This is the ninth in a series of interviews with school board candidates from across Bucks County.

This is the ninth in a series of interviews with school board candidates from across Bucks County.

04/10/2025

"My interpretation is that the Trump state is actually absorbing a lot of the tactics, strategies and ideas that have percolated up from the far right for the last 20 or 30 years. So for example, the ICE-ification of the streets is really the state's version of the Proud Boys...." FULL EPISODE: bit.ly/4nUovgo

04/10/2025

ICYMI: The History of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in America, with Bill Mullen and Christopher Vials | The authors of "The U.S. Anti-Fascism Reader" join The Signal to talk about their book, the rich history of anti-fascism organizing in the U.S., and the Trump Administration's "aspirational fascism." (Transcript included)

The authors of "The U.S. Anti-Fascism Reader" join The Signal to talk about their book, the rich history of anti-fascism organizing in the U.S., and the Trump Administration's "aspirational fascism."