Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
British pro-lifer wins nearly $17,000 after arrest for praying outside abortion clinic
A British pro-life advocate arrested twice for praying silently outside a closed abortion clinic has reached a financial settlement amid concerns about a nationwide crackdown on such activity under the newly installed Labour Party government. Published August 19, 2024
Texas, Heritage Foundation sue to stop Biden administration’s ‘transgender mandate’ in workplace
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to block the Biden administration's transgender directive, a newly enacted policy requiring employers to use the opposite-sex pronouns of male-born workers who identify as female and allow them access to women's restrooms and locker rooms. Published August 15, 2024
Hu/hu? Harris for President campaign presses job applicants to pick zir pronouns
The Kamala Harris presidential campaign wants job applicants to designate their pronouns -- and there are plenty of options. Published August 15, 2024
Columbia president resigns after year roiled by anti-Israel mayhem
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced her resignation Wednesday following a turbulent inaugural year, her brief tenure marred by widespread criticism over her handling of the anti-Israel protests that rocked the Manhattan campus. Published August 14, 2024
Colorado Capitol rolls back ban on political swag after kicking out pro-lifer over sweatshirt
Visitors to the Colorado State Capitol will no longer be monitored by the political fashion police. Published August 14, 2024
Los Angeles DA George Gascon sued for punishing prosecutor for ‘misgendering’ sex offender
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon is seeking reelection in November even as he faces a full-blown revolt by his prosecutorial staff. Published August 14, 2024
Federal judge orders UCLA to end ‘abhorrent’ discrimination against Jewish students
A federal judge ordered the University of California, Los Angeles to stop providing programs and activities to all students when Jewish students are prevented from accessing them, as they were earlier this year by pro-Palestinian protests. Published August 13, 2024
Calls to bring back sex-screening surge after gender-disputed Olympic boxers win women’s gold
The International Olympic Committee has not sex-tested female athletes since 1996, but the two gender-disputed boxers who won gold at the 2024 Paris Games have some women demanding a return of the cheek swab. Published August 13, 2024
Colorado law forcing schools to use students’ transgender names faces court challenge
The parents of a Colorado girl are suing state and local authorities after her school helped her undergo a social gender transition, including using an opposite-sex name and connecting her with a transgender therapist without her family's knowledge. Published August 13, 2024
Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting becomes second sex-disputed boxer to win Olympic gold in women’s boxing
Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting won the Olympic women's boxing championship Saturday in the featherweight class, becoming the second of two fighters whose biological sex has been called into question to capture gold medals in Paris. Published August 10, 2024
Sex-disputed fighter Imane Khelif wins Olympic women’s boxing gold
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, whose sex has been disputed, won Olympic gold Friday by defeating Chinese fighter Yang Liu in the women's welterweight boxing final. Published August 9, 2024
Olympics President Thomas Bach defends sex-disputed boxers, says sex tests are ‘not reliable’
If you're trying to figure out what a woman is, don't ask International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. Published August 9, 2024
Muslim Democrats buoyed by Shapiro snub encourage ‘mass demonstrations’ at DNC
If bypassing Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro for the 2024 presidential ticket was supposed to lower the pro-Palestinian temperature at the Democratic National Convention, the strategy may have backfired. Published August 9, 2024
Pro-life pregnancy centers sue New York A.G. for targeting abortion-pill reversal treatments
More pro-life pregnancy centers have sued New York Attorney General Letitia James over her crackdown on the advertising of abortion-pill reversal treatments, accusing her of waging a "witch-hunt" to chill their constitutionally protected speech. Published August 8, 2024
Judge rejects Harvard’s bid to drop antisemitism lawsuit
A federal judge denied Harvard's motion to dismiss an anti-discrimination lawsuit, saying the evidence presented so far show that the university "failed its Jewish students" by allowing campus hostilities to escalate in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israeli civilians. Published August 7, 2024
Female fighter makes ‘XX’ protest sign in ring after losing to sex-disputed boxer Lin Yu-ting
Sex-disputed boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan advanced Wednesday to the Olympic gold-medal round in the women's featherweight division, but Lin's opponent got in the last jab. Published August 7, 2024
Walz dubbed ‘Tampon Tim’ by Trump fans over law requiring menstrual products in boys’ restrooms
Republicans wasted no time tagging Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz with a less-than-flattering nickname. Published August 7, 2024
Sex-disputed boxer Imane Khelif advances to Olympic gold-medal round after women’s semifinal win
Imane Khelif, an Algerian boxer whose biological sex has been questioned, defeated Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng in the Olympic women's welterweight semifinals, a victory that keeps alive the fighter's gold-medal hopes -- and adds more fuel to the ongoing uproar over fairness in female sports. Published August 6, 2024
Republicans press NCAA to ban male-born athletes from female sports as Biden Title IX redo kicks in
GOP senators urged the NCAA to limit participation in female sports to biological women only, citing the threat from the Biden administration's "unprecedented assault" on Title IX. Published August 6, 2024
Boxing association blames Olympics for letting sex-disputed athletes fight women despite warnings
The rowdiest fight at the 2024 Paris Olympics may be the feud between the International Olympic Committee and the International Boxing Association over a pair of gender-disputed boxers. Published August 5, 2024
