Valerie Richardson

Portland poll finds 88% of voters say quality of life is getting worse

Portlanders are more negative than ever about their quality of life in the far-left Oregon burg, according to a newly released poll.

February 1, 2022

World that watched a polished China in 2008 Games now will see tarnish

China scored a public-relations coup with the 2008 Summer Olympics as the newly prosperous nation strutted its stuff on the global stage. But the 2022 Winter Games that begin with opening ceremonies Friday are looking more like a marketing misstep.

January 31, 2022

Trans swimmer Lia Thomas skips final regular-season meet as focus turns to NCAA championships

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas sat out the last meet of the regular season to prepare for postseason collegiate competition as tension builds over her participation in the NCAA women's championships.

January 29, 2022

Penn Law groups attribute transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’ dominance to ‘hard work’

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas owes her record-breaking season not to being a male-born athlete competing against women, but to the years of hard work she devoted to her sport, Penn Law student groups say.

January 28, 2022

Minnie Mouse debuts blue pantsuit on heels of green M&M makeover

First the green M&M traded her white go-go boots for sneakers, and now Minnie Mouse is getting a fashion makeover with a blue tuxedo pantsuit.

January 27, 2022

White ex-guard sues to stop Colorado’s ‘racially discriminatory’ diversity training

Joshua F. Young had a promising career as a state corrections officer, but the White guard quit last year after undergoing diversity training that he says branded him as a racist because of his skin color.

January 27, 2022

GOP on track for battleground gains as Biden drags down ticket in key states: poll

Republicans are poised to make gains in state legislatures as voters seek a bulwark against Biden administration policies in battleground states, according to a GOP poll released Thursday.

January 27, 2022

Moms for America takes on woke policies in State of the Union event

Moms for America declared Wednesday that the state of the union is in crisis over issues such as education, drugs and crime. But don't worry, the group says: The mothers have entered the building.

January 26, 2022

Asian American man attacked with bat sues progressive San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin

An Asian American man who was beaten with a bat has sued San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, claiming the prosecutor violated his rights as a crime victim while giving the convicted attacker a "slap-on-the-wrist" plea agreement.

January 26, 2022

Senate Republicans call for probe into NEA’s possible role in DOJ’s school board memo

Senate Republicans called Tuesday on inspectors general to investigate possible collusion between the Biden administration and the National Education Association on squelching pushback over critical race theory in schools.

January 25, 2022

D.C. students join others in walkout to call for temporary virtual learning

Some District students walked out of class Tuesday to advocate for remote learning over coronavirus concerns, adding their voices to the growing pupil unrest over pandemic safety, even with the omicron wave ebbing.

January 25, 2022

Planned Parenthood drops lawsuit against Lubbock’s ‘sanctuary city for unborn’ ordinance

Planned Parenthood has dropped its lawsuit against Lubbock over the Texas city's vote last year to ban abortions by declaring the municipality a "sanctuary city for the unborn."

January 24, 2022

George Soros’ DAs: Billionaire’s cash helped elect two dozen district attorneys across the U.S.

George Gascon, Kim Foxx and Larry Krasner get most of the attention, but they are far from the only left-wing prosecutors whose campaigns were bankrolled by Democratic megadonor George Soros.

January 24, 2022

Seven Virginia school boards sue Youngkin to stop parental opt-out on masks

Seven Virginia school boards sued Monday to block Gov. Glenn Youngkin's order creating a parental opt-out on mask mandates, challenging the Republican on a key priority of his new administration.

January 24, 2022

Coaches’ association urges NCAA to open extra spot for Lia Thomas at championships

A college coaches' association has called for the NCAA to add a slot to its swimming championships to accommodate University of Pennsylvania sensation Lia Thomas as confusion reigns over the rules on transgender competitors in collegiate sports.

January 23, 2022

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas maintains dominance with two wins against Harvard

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won two races Saturday as she continues her hotly contested march to the NCAA women's championships.

January 23, 2022

California mom accuses teachers of secretly manipulating daughter to be transgender

A California mother has taken legal action against a school district with the explosive claim that staffers manipulated her middle-school daughter into aligning as transgender, saying they encouraged her to change her name, pronouns and gender identity behind her mother's back.

January 21, 2022

Most Americans want Supreme Court to allow state restrictions on abortion or make it illegal: Poll

More Americans than not want the Supreme Court to clear the way for states to place restrictions on abortion as the justices consider overruling the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.

January 20, 2022

GOP bill would ban race-based preferences in distributing scarce COVID-19 treatment

Rep. Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin Republican, introduced a bill Thursday that would bar race-based discrimination in public medical care amid rising concerns over the rationing of COVID-19 therapeutics that disfavor White patients.

January 20, 2022

NCAA Board of Governors accused of passing the buck with new transgender-athlete policy

The NCAA Board of Governors voted Wednesday to adopt a sport-by-sport approach to transgender athletes, prompting an outcry from critics who accused the collegiate authority of punting on the hotly contested issue of fairness and inclusion in women's sports.

January 20, 2022