Feb 10, 2025 · Downer, who recently stepped down as president of the local NAACP, reflects on her life in Bucks County, from when the Klu Klux Klan were burning crosses in Linconia where she grew up to when white conservative Pennridge parents objected to …

Jan 8, 2025 · The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its 2024 homelessness numbers, less than a week before the year ended.The numbers went way up – a full 18% increase over 2023. In Bucks County, HUD’s count went from 320 to 409 persons experiencing homelessness in 2024 – an increase of nearly 25%.. Murielle Kelly, Director of Housing Services for Family Service ...

1 day ago · The majority of the American public correctly sees this downward trend as harmful to both the country and the working-class.The slide also highlights the need for labor to dedicate more of its resources to organizing non-unionized workplaces rather than …

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Dec 31, 2024 · 2. Shocking Online Manifesto Reveals Project 2025’s Link to a Coordinated ‘Christian Nationalism Project’, by Jennifer Cohn Jennifer Cohn uncovered Project 2025’s links with “The Statement on Christian Nationalism” manifesto, which seeks to implement a Scripture-based system of government whereby Christ-ordained “civil magistrates” exercise authority over the American public.

Jan 25, 2024 · As darkness falls on Bucks County, the street teams leave the woods and parking lots and counting resumes at the shelters. Because HUD schedules the count for one of the coldest months of the year, the annual count includes the Code Blue shelter – hosted by the Coalition to Shelter and Support the Homeless (CSSH). A roving emergency shelter, its location varies by month.

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Oct 9, 2024 · Think about this: $420 million in annual tax revenue could be collected if recreational marijuana sales in Pennsylvania were legalized. Instead, taxpayers may still be spending more than $100 million annually to imprison Pennsylvanians while millions of would-be tax dollars dissipate into the “illegal market”, aka “Ohio.” The solution is “imminent,” yet not one Bucks County elected ...

The Bucks County Beacon is an independent media outlet that offers news, analysis, and opinion from a progressive perspective. We also report the stories that other local media outlets can’t or don’t cover, especially the growing threat of right-wing extremism to …