Bradford Richardson

Charlie Gard at mercy of British government, not parents

Nobody knows whether Charlie Gard would have survived or what his life would have been like had British doctors and judges let his parents seek treatment abroad for his rare genetic condition months ago.

July 24, 2017

Charlie Gard case: Parents of U.K. infant give up legal fight

The parents of terminally ill infant Charlie Gard have given up their monthslong legal fight after a U.S. doctor said it is too late to try an experimental treatment to save the baby's life.

July 24, 2017

‘Militant LGBT students’ force professor’s resignation with Title IX complaints

A professor at a prestigious art institute has resigned after he said a troop of "militant LGBT students" turned his classroom into something closer to a "police state than a place where academic freedom and the open exchange of ideas is valued."

July 21, 2017

Tim Gill, gay megadonor, on going after Christians: ‘We’re going to punish the wicked’

The megadonor bankrolling the LGBT movement and its allies in the Democratic Party says he will continue to "punish the wicked" who hold traditional views about sexual morality.

July 19, 2017

Linda Sarsour accuses Jake Tapper of being ‘alt-right’ in Twitter dispute

Muslim feminist Linda Sarsour is accusing Jake Tapper of being part of the "alt-right" after the CNN host called her out for celebrating a cop killer.

July 19, 2017

Physician-assisted suicide law implemented in D.C.

D.C. officials are rolling out regulations so doctors can begin to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients who wish to die, but congressional Republicans want to make sure the physician-assisted suicide law is short-lived.

July 18, 2017

Claremont McKenna College suspends students involved in Heather Mac Donald blockade

Claremont McKenna College has disciplined seven students who blockaded the entrances of a lecture hall in April in anticipation of a talk by Black Lives Matter critic Heather Mac Donald.

July 18, 2017

Donald Trump Jr. emails take Russia investigation to new level

The White House is mounting a public and legal defense of Donald Trump Jr. in preparation for a Capitol Hill showdown that could come as early as this week.

July 16, 2017

John McCain’s surgery gives Senate no schedule for Obamacare repeal vote

Sen. John McCain's absence has left the Senate with no timetable for a vote to repeal and replace Obamacare, but some Republicans doubt the proposed health care bill has the votes to pass even with the upper chamber at full strength.

July 16, 2017

Trump blasts poll showing record low approval rating

President Trump took to Twitter to denounce a new poll that shows his approval rating at a record low among presidents six months into office.

July 16, 2017

Jay Skulow, president’s lawyer: Donald Trump Jr. meeting with Russian not ‘against the law’

President Trump's attorney says the meeting between a Russian lawyer and top Trump campaign officials during the presidential race was not against the law.

July 16, 2017

Rand Paul, Kentucky senator, accuses Republicans of ‘going back on their word to repeal Obamacare’

Rand Paul accused "big-government Republicans" of going "back on their word to repeal Obamacare" by supporting the revised Senate health care bill.

July 16, 2017

Unification Church, religious leaders call for American unity in the midst of division

Religious leaders from around the world convened Saturday at Madison Square Garden to deliver a message of peace, unity and reconciliation.

July 16, 2017

Feminist geographers encourage colleagues not to cite research of white men

Two feminist geographers are encouraging their colleagues to be more mindful about citing the research of white males because doing so contributes to "the reproduction of white heteromasculinity of geographical thought and scholarship."

July 13, 2017

Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood president, says Trump administration worst ‘in my lifetime’

Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards says the Trump administration has already done more to set back the nation's largest abortion provider than any other in the last half-century.

July 13, 2017

Conservative suppression on campus turns parents away from colleges

An admissions letter from Harvard University was once considered cause for celebration, but in conservative households, that may be changing.

July 12, 2017

Lena Dunham auctions off election night dress for Planned Parenthood

Lena Dunham is selling off her wardrobe, including the dress she cried in after Hillary Clinton lost the presidential race, in order to support Planned Parenthood.

July 11, 2017

Texas triggers plan to defund Planned Parenthood at federal level

With the effort to defund Planned Parenthood stalled at the federal level, Texas is spearheading a plan that could "open the floodgates" for states to strip taxpayer dollars from the abortion giant one by one.

July 10, 2017

College moves on from LGBTQ director suspicious of ‘white gays and well meaning white women’

The Claremont Colleges are looking for a new Queer Resources Center director after tweets disparaging white people and the police were uncovered just one month into the newly appointed director's tenure.

July 10, 2017

Charlie Gard’s hospital applies for new court hearing in light of ‘new evidence’

Great Ormond Street Hospital in London has applied for a new court hearing to determine the fate of Charlie Gard, saying it has received "new evidence" that may affect the terminally ill infant's case.

July 7, 2017