A Day at Truman High School’s First Ever Summer Drama Camp | Scenes from the dress rehearsal for Friday’s performance of Shrek the Musical. TICKETS ALMOST GONE! Photo Essay by @reportforamerica.bsky.social Corps Member Ben Bennett. SEE MORE: tinyurl.com/47cdph8s

How did Central Bucks School District go from a Moms for Liberty captured school board majority in 2021 pushing book bans, taking down Pride Flags & censoring teachers to a 9-0 Democratic majority today. @cmychalejko.bsky.social spoke w/ 3 local parents behind the sea change. LISTEN: bit.ly/3QUrIlr

After ICE Officer Fatally Shoots a Man in Houston, Family Demands an Independent Probe | “He did not deserve to die. He did not deserve to be reduced to a headline of Mexican man shot and killed by ICE," said Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's son Ronaldo. READ: bit.ly/4w3QVZR

For #America250, remember the oft forgotten and intentionally neglected true heroes of our history - progressive social movements. Honor them by continuing the unfinished fight for civil rights, women's rights, racial justice, economic justice, environmental protection, and peace. #dreamdeferred

Photo Essay: Immigrant Rights Protesters Clash With Police Outside of Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center in New Jersey | Bucks County Beacon Photojournalist Cooper Tyksinski reports from the scene in Newark. SEE MORE: tinyurl.com/3w22uw4j

Marlene Pray founded & directs the Rainbow Room, Bucks County’s LGBTQ+ youth center which has been a lifeline for queer youth for 24 years. She joins Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social to kick off Pride Month and talk about its history and the fight for LGBTQ+ rights today. LISTEN: bit.ly/4uCLK2i

“We are not trying to take advantage of the district in any way shape or form, but it is time that we feel valued and respected like the other professionals in the district,” said Central Bucks School District support staff union President Deneen Dry. READ: bit.ly/4uYV5St

Kevin Mahoney spoke with Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social about whether progressive social movements, or groups like Indivisible, should tie themselves to the Democratic Party. What's the best path toward long-term organizing and building power in the community? FULL EPISODE: tinyurl.com/y99rexj3

#buckscounty Health Department Director Dr. David C. Damsker on why bell-to-bell cellphones bans in schools are a great idea, and one the public should rally behind. “While it’s not a bacteria or a virus, the contagiousness of social media and cellphone use is certainly an epidemic.”

"I believe if we just give the AI revolution to tech billionaires we're going to have political unrest in this country." @khanna.house.gov joins Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social to discuss his recent article @thenation.com, "AI for the People." FULL INTERVIEW: bit.ly/4fesXW4

Today in History: On May 10, 1933, book burnings were held in 34 cities across Germany, targeting authors whose ideologies were in conflict with Nazism. #stopbookbans #bookbanning #FReadom

Here's what Tim Hayes is hearing from voters in PA State House District 143: They Are Tired of the Status Quo, They're Tired of Fence-Sitting politics. Find out more about Tim's campaign and what he'll fight for in Harrisburg in this interview w/ Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/2uas5d9b

Bucks County has a wealth of sharp young Democrats stepping up to get things done. Tim Hayes is one of them. He is running to flip Pennsylvania’s 143rd House District from Red to Blue. Listen to his conversation with Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social: bit.ly/493vOxf

72-year-old Quakertown Borough Manager and Police Chief Scott McElree put a 15-year-old high school girl in a chokehold at a protest. According to a social media account he shares with his wife, he believes the Democratic Party is “a deep state oligarchy” and “domestic terrorist organization.”

Poetry Events Planned for Frenchtown and Doylestown | “The point of the poetry Sangha is to create a time for people to listen to each other speaking freely, directly and beautifully of their own desire to go past themselves,” said event co-organizer Peter J. Ryan. READ: tinyurl.com/475nphmt

The Soundtrack to Philly’s Waning Gun Violence | Teens in Philadelphia are trying to make safer neighborhoods. Many are starting with music, reports @chalkbeat.org & @nytimes.com. READ: bit.ly/4szwyRF

Alleged White Supremacist Pleads Guilty in Arson Attack That Destroyed Tennessee’s Historic Highlander Center | Highlander is known as a place where civil rights activists and icons such as Rosa Parks and John Lewis received training in organizing & civil disobedience. READ: tinyurl.com/y2652zs3

"My commitment is not to objectivity per se, my commitment is to the truth." | FULL INTERVIEW - How Local Journalism and Pro-Democracy Reporting Can Protect Main Street from Hate and Political Extremism, with Phil Williams: bit.ly/4t4bDaC

Journalist @philinvestigates.com on why it's best to shine a light on bad actors like neo-Nazis & Christian nationalists when they assert themselves locally & how his mindset changed over the years from initially thinking don't cover them, don't give them oxygen. INTERVIEW: bit.ly/4t4bDaC

Democrats Grapple With How to Handle Super PACs Flooding Their Primaries With Campaign Cash | The issue has deepened divisions between progressives and the party establishment. READ: bit.ly/4cCnuqm

Did you know a Bucks County Mom for Liberty member who fled Pennsylvania as a self-described "political refugee" moved to Tennessee and was campaign director for a mayoral candidate w/ neo-Nazi ties & a Christian nationalist agenda opposed to LGBTQ rights? LEARN MORE: bit.ly/4t4bDaC #LocalJournalism

"As bombs fell, panicked commuters were stuck in traffic. Buildings were blasted to the ground in neighborhoods all over the capital, raising clouds of dust & palls of smoke into the sky. Nowhere seemed safe as Lebanese tried to find loved ones." AP report on Israel's Attack on Beirut bit.ly/47QAtSG

April 9 is #LocalNewsDay, a national day of action connecting communities with trusted local news. @buckscountybeacon.com is proud to be a founding newsroom of this event. 👀 out for our coverage Thursday! And thank you for sharing & supporting our work 🫶 Learn more: LocalNewsDay.org #BucksCounty

Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q&A with Austin Frerick | Corporate consolidation in America’s food industry is making food more expensive and worse. What can we do about it? READ: bit.ly/4v32SyZ

In Morrisville, DNC Vice Chair @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social showed up to fire up protesters @indivisiblebux.bsky.social #NoKings rally. “In America, we don’t do kings — and people across this country are rising up to remind this administration that power belongs to the people.” #BucksCounty #PA01

3/3 This is what democracy looks like in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, county seat of #BucksCounty. #NoKings #DefendDemocracy Photos by @mikemaney.bsky.social

2/3 This is what democracy looks like in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, county seat of #BucksCounty. #NoKings #DefendDemocracy Photos by @mikemaney.bsky.social

1/3 This is what democracy looks like in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, county seat of #BucksCounty. #NoKings #DefendDemocracy Photos by @mikemaney.bsky.social

2/2 More photos from #NoKings 3. (Local reporting forthcoming!)

1/2 The third round of #NoKings protests against President Donald Trump's administration and authoritarianism is happening Saturday from St. Paul to Washington DC, Berlin to Paris to Rome - and places in between and beyond. Check out this photo reportage from @apnews.com