With Donald Trump on the ballot, we need a hot seat for our GOP incumbent

Questions remain after news that my county commissioners signed it

The Microsoft co-founder sees ways to harness it for good, but will the powers that be let that happen?

No matter how it tries to justify its agenda, the goal is to disempower half of the population

A bicentennial-era movie puts the semiquincentennial in perspective

But we must remember what the Trump/Project 2025 regime attempted and how its cheerleader reacted

Especially in later episodes, the TV series foreshadows the world Trump is trying to create

Shenandoah Valley students strive for more unity in a diverse community

The Trump/Project 2025 regime deals its leader a royal slush fund

Will the regime’s failures be our salvation or undoing?

The Trump/Project 2025 regime’s authoritarian moves simply can’t be whitewashed

John Fetterman's former primary rival talks politics in Schuylkill County

Toxic development threatens to turn havens into hellholes

Christian nationalists in Trump/Project 2025 regime exempt themselves from Judeo-Christian standards

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn offers her take on the perceived secrecy before it was learned that the US government purchased two warehouses in Schuylkill and Berks counties to serve as ICE detention...

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says ICE quotas are sweeping up law-abiding immigrants into inhumane detention centers, treating human beings like packages and threatening the due process rights of eve...

I often find myself fact-checking a social media post about a shocking quote or action from Donald Trump or one of his Project 2025ers.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says Trump and his Project 2025 allies are working to extinguish truth and silence those exposing their authoritarian agenda.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says Trump and his Project 2025 allies are deliberately creating crises to consolidate power, enrich the elite, and weaken public accountability.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says it's important not to go silent in what she feels is a time of oppression.

The Charlie Kirk case is a textbook example of why neither violence nor hate speech is the answer to our society’s problems.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says Trump’s anti-labor policies and the rise of AI threaten jobs, wages, and society while leaving workers unprotected.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn recounts US Rep. Dan Meuser's interactions with demonstrators in Pottsville last week.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says Trump has amassed monarchical power, undermining democratic institutions and treating the presidency as above the law.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says it's important to vote Yes on Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention questions on this year's ballot.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says preserving American democracy means resisting Trump and the Project 2025 agenda that undermines its founding principles.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says Trump’s rush to sign H.R. 1 and strike Iran reflects a dangerous grab for power at home and abroad.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says Trump’s Father’s Day military spectacle reveals a dangerous desire for authoritarian control disguised as paternal leadership.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says the detention of a longtime Pottsville resident by ICE highlights how even legally present immigrants who contribute to their communities are swept up in a cruel, p...

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says Trump and his GOP allies—including Rep. Dan Meuser—are pushing a harmful agenda that guts safety nets and distorts reality, just as "The Apprentice" once glamorized...

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says President Donald Trump continues to take actions that undermine democracy.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says GOP leaders like McCormick and Meuser are blindly backing a dangerous Musk-Trump agenda that undermines democracy.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says US Rep. Dan Meuser and Sen. Dave McCormick phoned in their responses during recent telephone town halls.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" and his administration’s self-serving policies, backed by Elon Musk, amount to a destructive agenda that burdens everyday America...

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says modern America increasingly resembles the corrupt, corporate-controlled era of the Molly Maguires, threatening democracy, worker rights, and justice.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn argues that the GOP is increasingly stifling criticism and suppressing dissent, using tactics like legal threats and evasion to silence opposition.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says the Trump administration is setting women back a few decades.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says the rise of Donald Trump has been brought upon by the demise of truthtelling in the media.

Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn offers commentary on the now infamous meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy at the White House on Feb. 28.