Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
Denver Initiative 300 voters to decide whether to allow homeless to live in public places
Denver authorities routinely clear out the homeless encampments that crop up in public parks and along sidewalks within the city limits, but that would change under Initiative 300. Published May 5, 2019
Barney Frank: Beto O’Rourke ‘may be regretting he’s straight’ amid Pete Buttigieg surge
Former Rep. Barney Frank, the first openly gay man to serve in Congress, says that Beto O'Rourke "may be regretting he's straight," given how well Pete Buttigieg is performing in the Democratic presidential primary polls. Published May 5, 2019
Snoop Dogg berates Facebook for banning Louis Farrakhan: ‘I stand by him’
Snoop Dogg rushed to the defense of Louis Farrakhan after the Nation of Islam leader was booted from Facebook, calling him "my dear brother" and declaring that, "I stand with him." Published May 3, 2019
Nick Sandmann, Covington Catholic teen, sues NBC for $275 million
Attorneys for Nicholas Sandmann filed a $275 million lawsuit Wednesday against NBCUniversal over its coverage of the Kentucky teen, accusing the network of creating a "false narrative" driven by its "anti-Trump agenda." Published May 1, 2019
New York Times blames Trump after running anti-Semitic cartoon
Even as The New York Times accepted responsibility for publishing an anti-Semitic cartoon, the newspaper sought to slough off some of the blame onto President Trump. Published May 1, 2019
Democrats move to keep Donald Trump off 2020 ballot over tax returns
Democrats have redoubled their efforts to force President Trump to release his federal tax returns by threatening to keep him off the 2020 ballot in deep-blue states, to which he might say: So what? Published April 30, 2019
Israeli ambassador rips New York Times as ‘cesspool of hostility’ after anti-Semitic cartoon
Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer denounced The New York Times as a "cesspool of hostility" after the newspaper ran -- and then apologized for -- an anti-Semitic cartoon. Published April 30, 2019
Tom Miller, Iowa AG, gets GOP pushback on anti-Trump lawsuits
For two years, Iowa Republicans have stewed as Attorney General Tom Miller filed lawsuit after lawsuit against the Trump administration. Now, they have said "enough." Published April 29, 2019
New York Times issues correction for article describing Jesus as a Palestinian
It's been a rough few days for The New York Times on the Judaism front: A day after running a widely decried anti-Semitic political cartoon, the newspaper issued a correction for an article that identified Jesus as a Palestinian. Published April 29, 2019
New York Times blames ‘single editor’ for anti-Semitic cartoon in second statement
The New York Times issued a second statement over the weekend on its decision to publish an anti-Semitic cartoon, this time apologizing for the "dangerous" image and pinning the blame on "a single editor." Published April 29, 2019
John Earnest, synagogue shooting suspect, despised ‘Zionist, Jew-loving’ Donald Trump
The suspect in the deadly shooting at a San Diego County synagogue had no love for President Trump, apparently blasting him as a "Zionist, Jew-loving" traitor in a hate-filled manifesto posted before Saturday's attack. Published April 28, 2019
New York Times pulls anti-Semitic cartoon, cites ‘error in judgment’
The New York Times deleted a political cartoon over the weekend after acknowledging that it contained "anti-Semitic tropes," an episode decried as the latest example of rising anti-Semitism on the left. Published April 28, 2019
Canadian cafe owners charged with faking anti-Semitic hate crime
An investigation into an attack on a Jewish-owned cafe in Winnipeg resulted in charges against the owners after police said they staged the robbery, vandalism and anti-Semitic graffiti. Published April 25, 2019
Cory Booker, Eric Swalwell each pledge to name a woman as a running mate
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Rep. Eric Swalwell of California on Wednesday each pledged to name a woman as his vice presidential pick. Published April 24, 2019
Xavier Becerra Planned Parenthood ties under fire in David Daleiden, Sandra Merritt case
There's no doubt that California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is a staunch pro-choice Democrat, but the question is whether he's too close to Planned Parenthood to prosecute undercover pro-life investigators David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. Published April 24, 2019
Eric Swalwell admits ‘I’m a white man,’ pledges to run with a female veep candidate
Rep. Eric Swalwell, California Democrat, pledged to run with a female vice president candidate if he wins the Democratic presidential nomination, admitting what many have long suspected by declaring, "I'm a white man." Published April 24, 2019
Netflix ‘Our Planet’ hit on climate change walrus cliff-diving claim
A new Netflix documentary series that features disturbing footage of walruses plunging off a cliff to their deaths -- a phenomenon attributed by the filmmakers to climate change -- has sparked a fact-check backlash by critics questioning whether the animals were actually fleeing polar bears or drones. Published April 22, 2019
Pulitzer Prize administrator defends process after prize goes to board member’s wife
The Pulitzer Prizes organization has been accused of being an exclusive club in which members give awards to each other, and the institution did nothing to dispel that notion last week by honoring the wife of a prominent board member. Published April 22, 2019
Supreme Court to take up LGBT job discrimination cases
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide if federal employment discrimination laws protect LGBTQ employees, granting review in a series of cases that test the limit of what qualifies as "sex"-based discrimination. Published April 22, 2019
Pete Buttigieg, gay candidate, surges in polls
Amid the hoopla over the blue wave in November, not everybody noticed the simultaneous rainbow tide that swept record numbers of LGBT candidates into office. But Pete Buttigieg did. Published April 21, 2019
