Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
Aaron Allmon, Air Force photographer, cleared of most charges in sexual-harassment ‘witch-hunt’
An award-winning combat photographer who once faced up to 130 years in prison for sexual harassment may avoid jail altogether after being cleared Friday of the most devastating charges against him. Published November 14, 2015
Aaron Allmon witness testimony challenges military sex assault claims by 4 women
An attorney for Tech. Sgt. Aaron D. Allmon II ripped Air Force prosecutors Thursday for taking the military's war on sexual assault "too far" by essentially criminalizing boorish behavior. Published November 12, 2015
Aaron Allmon II on trial for sexual harassment at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota
Tech. Sgt. Aaron D. Allmon II listened stoically in court Wednesday as three female former co-workers described feeling uncomfortable, even violated, by his behavior toward them. One airman testified that he touched her on the thigh to get a better look at the tattoo peeking out from under her shorts. Another said he put his hands on her face and kissed her forehead after learning she was going through a painful divorce. Published November 11, 2015
University of Missouri resignations fuel backlash as campus hit with more turmoil
It was another day of upheaval Tuesday at the University of Missouri at Columbia, but not everyone was on board with social-justice protesters who succeeded Monday in toppling the president and chancellor. Published November 10, 2015
University of Missouri president, chancellor forced out for failure to combat ‘systemic racism’
The University of Missouri president and chancellor stepped down Monday after weeks of unrest over ambiguous accusations that they had been insufficiently responsive to racial "oppression" on campus. Published November 9, 2015
Initiative to replace Obamacare with $25B ColoradoCare qualifies for 2016 ballot
A landmark measure that would replace Colorado's Obamacare exchange with universal health-care coverage--at an estimated cost of $25 billion--qualified Monday for the statewide November 2016 ballot. Published November 9, 2015
Yale, Cornell, Syracuse, Vassar, Oberlin administrators agree to rip up Constitution
Conservatives have long accused academics of shredding the Constitution, figuratively speaking, but a Project Veritas sting operation recently caught them doing it literally. Published November 8, 2015
Six Democrats picked to investigate Planned Parenthood took $81,000 from its PAC
The six Democrats named this week to the House Select Investigative Panel looking into Planned Parenthood's fetal-tissue practices have received more than $81,000 from PACs affiliated with the organization. Published November 6, 2015
EPA email trail reveals Alaska Pebble Mine plot
It didn't take long for Thursday's House committee hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency's role in blocking the Pebble Mine to start sounding less like a congressional probe and more like the plot of a Michael Crichton thriller. Published November 5, 2015
Voters reject liberal social proposals, candidates; Obama blame denied
Voters hit the stop button on the advance of social liberalism Tuesday in some high-profile races, rejecting a transgender discrimination ban in Houston and marijuana legalization in Ohio, in off-year elections that left conservatives claiming more victories. Published November 4, 2015
Pebble Mine rejection by EPA was from rigging, collusion: report
The Environmental Protection Agency is coming under increased scrutiny over accusations that it rigged its own review process to block the Pebble Mine project in Alaska. Published November 4, 2015
Annise Parker, Houston mayor, rips defeat of transgender ‘bathroom bill,’ predicts economic backlash
Houston Mayor Annise Parker wasn't exactly gracious in defeat, accusing those who opposed the city's transgender-rights ordinance of "deliberate lies" and predicting the city's economy would suffer as a result of the measure's repeal. Published November 4, 2015
Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco sanctuary champion, tossed out as sheriff in re-election bid
San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi lost his re-election bid late Tuesday to challenger former Chief Deputy Vicki Hennessy after an uproar over his sanctuary city policy, which was blamed for the death of a woman in July at the hands of an illegal immigrant. Published November 4, 2015
Election night: Conservatives win as voters elect GOP governors, reject ‘bathroom bill,’ marijuana
In the election races across the country Tuesday, Houston voters rejected a transgender "bathroom bill," Ohioans torched legal marijuana, and Republicans captured both gubernatorial contest races at stake. Published November 3, 2015
Houston ‘bathroom bill’ rejected by voters
Conservatives cheered Tuesday after Houston voters overwhelmingly rejected a transgender-rights ordinance, while supporters of the so-called "bathroom bill" vowed to keep fighting. Published November 3, 2015
Matt Bevin elected Kentucky governor
Republican Matt Bevin was declared the winner of a spirited contest for Kentucky governor in Tuesday's balloting in a campaign that saw the political newcomer defeat longtime Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway. Published November 3, 2015
Rape threat roils Houston ballot campaign on transgender bathroom access
The campaign over a Houston ballot measure on transgender rights has been hit by an apparent rape threat against a former Miss Texas USA contestant who has campaigned against the proposal. Published November 3, 2015
Marijuana, transgender issue top ballot initiatives in low-key election
An unconventional marijuana legalization question in Ohio and a transgender bathroom measure in Houston are drawing the lion's share of attention in an otherwise low-key election for ballot initiatives. Published November 2, 2015
John Hickenlooper, Cynthia Coffman in Colorado power battle over EPA lawsuit
Governors and attorneys general are unified in most of the 24 states challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan, but not in Colorado. Published November 1, 2015
Stanford class on police from ‘slave patrols to Ferguson’ named most biased course
Stanford University won Campus Reform's first annual Biased Course Contest on Friday for a class titled, "History of the Police in the United States: Slave Patrols to Ferguson." Published October 30, 2015
