Valerie Richardson

NFL won’t discipline kneelers as anthem protests make preseason return

Football is back and so are the take-a-knee protests, but the NFL isn't planning on disciplining players who refuse to stand during the national anthem--at least for now.

August 11, 2018

Jeff Sessions: Southern Poverty Law Center uses ‘hate’ designation as ‘weapon’ against conservatives

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Wednesday the Justice Department would not partner with groups that discriminate against or defame others, singling out the Southern Poverty Law Center for its "hate group" campaign.

August 8, 2018

Elizabeth Warren snubbed in ‘first Native American congresswoman’ media coverage

Two Democratic candidates are each poised to become the first Native American woman elected to Congress, according to the media consensus, which has prompted the question: What about Sen. Elizabeth Warren?

August 8, 2018

Facebook lifts block on California Republican Elizabeth Heng’s campaign ad

A Facebook spokesperson said Tuesday that the company has lifted its block on California Republican Elizabeth Heng's campaign ad showing photos of the Cambodian genocide.

August 7, 2018

Jacky Rosen’s boast about post-shooting role heats up Nevada Senate race

Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen's boast about being out "in front" after the 2017 Las Vegas massacre has added fuel to an already red-hot Nevada Senate race.

August 7, 2018

Elizabeth Heng campaign ad blocked by Facebook over Cambodian genocide images

There's nothing profane, obscene or derogatory in the biographical campaign ad run by GOP House candidate Elizabeth Heng, but Facebook blocked it anyway over scenes of the Cambodian genocide, which her parents survived.

August 6, 2018

Elizabeth Warren under fire for jab at ‘racist’ justice system

Republican Senate hopeful Beth Lindstrom called Monday on Sen. Elizabeth Warren to apologize for denouncing the U.S. criminal-justice system as "racist ... front to back."

August 6, 2018

Sarah Jeong, New York Times’ embattled opinion writer: Donald Trump is ‘basically Hitler’

The New York Times said it vetted her social-media history before Sarah Jeong was hired last week, which means the newspaper was presumably aware of her "Trump is Hitler" tweets.

August 6, 2018

NYT’s Sarah Jeong slammed police officers, men on Twitter as well as whites

In addition to maligning white people on Twitter, newly hired New York Times op-ed writer Sarah Jeong also ripped police, men, and even the newspaper's own columnists.

August 4, 2018

SEC drops Exxon climate-change probe in latest blow to #ExxonKnew campaign

The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its probe into whether ExxonMobil misled investors about climate change, the latest blow to the environmental movement's bid to pin global warming on the oil-and-gas industry.

August 3, 2018

Trump Putin portrait prank compels Republicans to raises funds

There were plenty of chuckles on the left after a prankster placed a portrait last week of Vladimir Putin near the blank space reserved for President Trump in the Colorado State Capitol, but Kevin Grantham wasn't laughing.

August 2, 2018

New York Times defends opinion writer Sarah Jeong after anti-white tweets surface

Apparently it's tougher than it looks to find editorial writers without a history of racially charged tweets, judging from the recent experience of The New York Times.

August 2, 2018

Knife Rights fights U.S. restrictions on blade ownership

The issue of knife control may sound like small potatoes to Americans wrestling with mass shootings and gun restrictions, but Europe provides a case study on how limiting weapons can lead to crackdowns on pocketknives and switchblades, also known as automatic knives.

August 1, 2018

Climate activists furious after NYT debunks #ExxonKnew narrative

ExxonMobil received a helping hand Wednesday in its battle to debunk the climate-change movement's #ExxonKnew narrative from an unexpected source: the New York Times.

August 1, 2018

Endangered Sri Lanka tarantulas listing may reduces species

The decision to list five Sri Lanka tarantulas as endangered drew cheers from wildlife advocates even as U.S. collectors worried that the regulatory web will actually reduce the number of captive-bred spiders by discouraging breeding.

July 31, 2018

Dead heat: Nevada Senate race still knotted as Heller, Rosen fight for separation

The Nevada Senate contest was deadlocked in April, and after three months of intense campaigning, it's still too close to call.

July 31, 2018

Climate change not seen increasing wildfires, study shows

Scenes of Californians fleeing their homes and Greeks swimming out to sea have fueled alarm about climate change fueling deadly wildfires, but recent studies show that such destructive blazes are on the decline worldwide.

July 30, 2018

FBI, Southern Poverty Law Center partnership alarms conservatives

Jerry Boykin wasn't thrilled to see the Southern Poverty Law Center working with Amazon or Twitter, but he's far more alarmed about the left-leaning group's partnership with the FBI.

July 30, 2018

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes fuels outcry by describing climate change as ‘ratings killer’

MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes' admission that climate change is a "ratings killer" has infuriated environmentalists who accused the liberal network of being more concerned about its bottom line than with fighting global warming.

July 26, 2018

Nia Wilson BART stabbing death blamed on white supremacy by activists

An ex-con was charged Wednesday in the brutal murder in Oakland of a black teenage girl, one of three deaths occurring in the last week on Bay Area Rapid Transit, but the only one that has stoked widespread outrage over crime.

July 25, 2018