Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
New York AG Letitia James accused of ‘witch-hunt’ after suing pro-life pregnancy centers
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Heartbeat International for false advertising over its promotion of abortion pill reversals, prompting the pro-life pregnancy network to accuse her of protecting "Big Abortion." Published May 6, 2024
Columbia accused of letting anti-Israel protesters win by canceling main graduation
Columbia University canceled its main commencement ceremony following weeks of pro-Palestine activism and strife, prompting accusations that the Ivy League school has surrendered to protesters. Published May 6, 2024
Faculty Against Antisemitism provides safety in numbers to ‘silent majority’ on campuses
The newly launched Faculty Against Antisemitism Movement seeks to create a national network of academics to stand against "antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and anti-Israel activity on their campuses." Published May 6, 2024
Vegan food, birth control, ‘no bagels’: Anti-Israel camps mocked for donation lists
Those pro-Gaza college protesters may be interested in more than divestment from Israel, judging from their wish lists. Published May 4, 2024
Bernie Sanders warns that Israel-Hamas War ‘may be Biden’s Vietnam’
The anti-Israel protests roiling college campuses loom as an ill omen for President Biden's bid for a second term, as far as Sen. Bernard Sanders is concerned. Published May 3, 2024
Al Sharpton equates anti-Israel college riots to Jan. 6
Those scenes of pro-Palestinian protesters storming college campuses and battling with police reminded Al Sharpton of another event: the Capitol demonstration of Jan. 6, 2021. Published May 3, 2024
Court rules in favor of girls who refused to compete against transgender athlete
A West Virginia judge has granted a temporary injunction sought by four middle-school girls who refused to compete against a transgender athlete, a decision that prevents school officials from barring the girls from track meets. Published May 3, 2024
House Republicans urge Olympics to stop using ‘Chinese Taipei’ for Taiwan
Three House Republicans are calling on the International Olympic Committee to stop requiring Taiwan to compete under the name "Chinese Taipei," accusing the organization of capitulating to "bullying" from the People's Republic of China. Published May 2, 2024
Nearly half of anti-Israel ‘student’ protesters arrested at Columbia, CCNY weren’t students
It turns out that nearly half of the anti-Israel student protesters taken into custody at Columbia University and the City College of New York weren't exactly students. Published May 2, 2024
Cancel that last order: McDonald’s pitchman Brian Cox fileted over Bible-bashing
Emmy-winning actor Brian Cox has been torched after skewering the Bible as "one of the worst books," and McDonald's may not be lovin' it. Published May 2, 2024
House passes bill bolstering ‘antisemitism’ definition amid alarm over campus protests
The House passed legislation to strengthen the definition of antisemitism in federal civil-rights law over the objections of a strange-bedfellows contingent of left-wing Democrats and right-wing Republicans. Published May 1, 2024
Anti-Israel protests infiltrated by ‘outside agitators’ who radicalize students, sow violence
Among the 282 protesters arrested late Tuesday at Columbia University and City College of New York were "outside agitators," some of them "professionals" who trained students in protest tactics and wound up co-opting the demonstrations, said New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Published May 1, 2024
Mayor Adams blames ‘outside agitators’ after 282 protesters arrested at Columbia, City College
New York City police made nearly 300 arrests in overnight raids on Columbia University and City College of New York, taking into custody both students and "outside agitators" who had infiltrated the anti-Israel student protests. Published April 30, 2024
Columbia threatens to expel student protesters occupying academic building
Columbia University threatened Tuesday to expel the students who have taken over an academic building, raising the stakes on the spiraling anti-Israel protests that have brought the Ivy League campus to a standstill. Published April 30, 2024
Girls who refused to compete against transgender athlete sue after being pulled from meet
Four West Virginia middle-school girls who forfeited rather than compete against a male-born transgender athlete have sued their school district, saying they were punished by being excluded from the following track-and-field meet. Published April 30, 2024
Texas Gov. Abbott refuses to enforce Biden’s ‘illegal dictate’ on Title IX
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered his agencies to disregard the Biden administration's "illegal dictate" on Title IX, joining other states in suing to block gender identity to the civil rights law. Published April 30, 2024
Columbia shuts down campus after anti-Israel protesters take over Hamilton Hall
Columbia University locked down its main Morningside campus after student activists took over an academic building overnight, struggling to restore order as virulent anti-Israel protests spiral out of control. Published April 30, 2024
Biden administration blasted for injecting ‘gender identity’ into Affordable Care Act
Western European nations may be rethinking access to "gender-affirming care," but the Biden administration is going full steam ahead. Published April 29, 2024
Five states sue to block Biden administration’s rule inserting ‘gender identity’ into Title IX
Five states sued the Biden administration to overturn its final rule reinterpreting Title IX to include gender identity, seeking to thwart the effort to fold transgender women into the landmark civil-rights law. Published April 29, 2024
Students take over Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall as suspensions begin
Columbia University students in New York have overtaken a campus building Tuesday as pro-Palestinian protests continue at colleges nationwide. Published April 29, 2024
