One of the men, facing six federal charges for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, has since been reassigned.

Boundary County library director Kimber Glidden announced her resignation on social media, which received support and backlash from some community members.

It is the latest in a string of books that have been banned including Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" and Sharon Creech's "Walk Two Moons."

Clarice Schillinger made an unsuccessful bid for Pa. lieutenant governor and has worked with a PAC boosting conservative school board candidates.

The Central Bucks school board has made national headlines for its heated meetings and book banning policy. On Tuesday, voters flipped the board from majority Republican to majority Democrat.

A right-wing move to keep a young-adult climate change novel out of a Kutztown middle school backfired in spectacular fashion.

Banning future books, through creation of restrictive and vague selection criteria, is the exact goal of Central Bucks' proposed library policy.

News organizations are using cowardly words to describe killing abroad and fascism at home — downplaying the danger to democracy.

White student makes domestic terrorist threat, veiled as joke; “If They Would Have Killed 4 More N*ggers We Would Have Had the Whole Week Off.”

The all-black American flags apparently mean “no quarter given” and may even imply a willingness to use (lethal) violence against perceived enemies

Rising far-right Christian movement linked to GOP calls for "kingdom revolution" led by an "army of believers"

Joel Koskan, who was arrested in November for child abuse charges shortly before Election Day, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony incest.

Why two top Fla. Dems fled for a Philly suburb, joining an exodus of political refugees from Gov. Ron DeSantis' increasingly authoritarian state.

The case is an unusual new tactic from members of Patriot Front, recognized for wearing chinos and masks while chanting slogans.

A corrupt Supreme Court, looming dictatorship, and a "Handmaid's Tale" society is the America McConnell created and runs away from.

Lenape Middle School principal Geanine Saullo tells students Thursday any posts from inside school will be "sent to police" as protests continue over teacher suspension.

After cheerleading DeSantis' book ban in Florida, O’Reilly calls it "absurd" that his own titles are being removed

“We treat Moms for Liberty like the KKK. If you knew that a KKK meeting was happening in a church down the street from your house, everyone would be alarmed.”

It asks the judge to order the district to follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for mitigating the virus in schools.

A spike in antisemitism, violent protests, and politically fueled mass shootings is happening because the U.S. far-right is losing, and lashing out.

A right-wing group in Florida got a book about Anne Frank removed from school libraries under a new policy approved by Republican legislators.The Indian River County chapter of Moms for Liberty, a...

Years after launching a campaign for Congress in Pennsylvania, police sergeant Ted Waga III was thrust into a scandal over a series of tweets from his...

Washington County, Pennsylvania, was never known as Crazytown. Then election deniers decided to run for local office.

The all-black American flags apparently mean “no quarter given” and may even imply a willingness to use (lethal) violence against perceived enemies

A school district in Pennsylvania warned teachers on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol not to “wade into” discussions about the incident with students.The Pennridge School Di…

The actions of anti-vaxxers threaten to erase decades of public health gains and reintroduce long-dormant diseases to vulnerable populations.

Right-wing parents wanted to show a film suggesting public school teachers teach kids “X-rated sex acts.”

Teachers say they’re feeling more disrespected, unappreciated and under attack than ever before by new laws championed by Governor Ron DeSantis

A terrifying Trump rally in Ohio — punctuated by a dictatorial rant backed by QAnon-associated music — highlights an alarming GOP turn.

Patrick Heron, who faces over 200 sex crime charges, worked as a police officer for the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) for 24 years before resigning in 2019. During that time, Heron worked for...

Moms for Liberty is a right-wing fever dream.

The two heads of the extremist group’s local chapter gave an interview last week about the “battle of good and evil” they are fighting.

Fitzpatrick also has not said whether he will endorse Trump, the party’s presumptive nominee, or vote for him, with just two weeks until the Pennsylvania primary

After testifying in Kari Lake's unsuccessful bid to the overturn the 2022 Arizona governor's race, its star witness is continuing to press her case in Pennsylvania.

“It feels like this election is really about the essential character of our community.”

Administrators at Central Bucks West High School have introduced a new “Gender Identification Procedure” that many t […]

Republicans’ Project 2025 plan would leverage virtually every arm, tool and agency of the federal government to attack abortion.

Your support of the Beacon is an investment in a progressive future for Bucks County - a future where we as a community continue to make strides in achieving

Since its initial publication in 1970, millions of children have read In The Night Kitchen, the classic picture book by celebrated author Maurice Sendak. The book is about a young boy who has a...

Texas is trying to ban the use of its roads by people seeking care outside the state — and even dispatching right-wing vigilante groups to chase them.

He's one of 18 pols whose voters backed Joe Biden, but sent a Republican to Congress.

A headshot released when Det. Jason Dare went missing earlier this month showed the phrase 'Blood & Honor' on his neck

Cyril Mychalejko, a Bucks County native with an extensive career as a progressive-thinking writer and media professional, has been named Editor-in-Chief of