Bradford Richardson

Obama administration orders transgender bathroom access in all public schools

The Obama administration on Friday ordered every public school in America to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of the opposite sex.

May 13, 2016

Phoenix artists file lawsuit against forced participation in same-sex wedding ceremonies

A Phoenix art studio filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging a city nondiscrimination ordinance that forces artists to use their talents to promote same-sex marriage.

May 12, 2016

Obama administration won’t strip federal funds from North Carolina over bathroom law

The Obama administration announced on Thursday that it would not attempt to strip federal education funding from North Carolina over a bathroom regulation it says violates federal nondiscrimination law.

May 12, 2016

Italy OKs civil unions for gay couples

The Italian parliament on Wednesday passed a bill granting civil unions to same-sex couples, becoming the last major Western country to approve of the practice.

May 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton laughs as woman removes ‘under God’ from Pledge of Allegiance

A woman introducing Hillary Clinton at a campaign event conspicuously removed the words "under God" from the end of the Pledge of Allegiance, prompting the Democratic primary front-runner to laugh.

May 12, 2016

Dan Forest, N.C. Lt. Gov.: Obama admin. should be ashamed of comparing bathroom law to Jim Crow

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest on Wednesday responded to the U.S. Department of Justice, calling their allusion to Jim Crow when talking about a law regulating bathroom use by biological sex "shameful."

May 12, 2016

Dan Forest, N.C. Lt. Gov.: Obama admin. should be ashamed of comparing bathroom law to Jim Crow

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest on Wednesday responded to the U.S. Department of Justice, calling their allusion to Jim Crow when talking about a law regulating bathroom use by biological sex "shameful."

May 12, 2016

North Carolina bathroom law fate hinges on definition of ‘sex’

A question more commonly reserved for adolescent talks about the birds and the bees may very well decide the fate of the North Carolina bathroom law and similar laws around the nation: What is "sex"?

May 11, 2016

Norwegian government seizes children, citing parents’ Christian ‘indoctrination’

After the Norwegian government seized five children from their family, citing the parents' Christian beliefs, activists are fighting back to bring the kids home.

May 11, 2016

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore mayor, suspends city travel to N.C., Miss. over bathroom laws

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Tuesday suspended all nonessential government travel to North Carolina and Mississippi over laws in those states barring people from using the public restrooms of the opposite sex.

May 11, 2016

Counseling group cancels Tennessee convention in protest of religious liberty law

The American Counseling Association on Tuesday said it is cancelling a Nashville conference in response to a state law allowing religious therapists and counselors to decline service to same-sex clients when doing so would violate their beliefs.

May 10, 2016

NBC built up Donald Trump before he ran for president: study

During Donald Trump's tenure as a television producer and star on NBC, the network built up his brand and image to disproportionate heights, according to a new study released by the Media Research Center on Tuesday.

May 10, 2016

Harvard professor: Start treating Christian conservatives like Nazis

A Harvard law professor has called for liberals to begin treating like Nazis those who subscribe to Christian or conservative beliefs.

May 10, 2016

Muslim student mulls lawsuit against the Citadel for not allowing headscarf

A newly admitted Muslim student is considering legal action to force The Citadel to change its dress code on religious freedom grounds after the public South Carolina military college denied her request to let her wear a religious head scarf.

May 10, 2016

North Carolina transgender bathroom law HB2 likened to Jim Crow racism by Justice Dept.

The federal government compared a North Carolina law regulating bathroom access by sex to Jim Crow, and North Carolina accused the federal government of grossly overstepping its authority, as both sides filed lawsuits and slung mud at each other Monday.

May 9, 2016

N.C. sues Justice Dept. over transgender bathroom law

Two of North Carolina's top public officials on Monday filed a lawsuit against the federal government over the state's transgender bathroom law.

May 9, 2016

Conservative ideas needed on campus as counterweight to progressive orthodoxy, scholars say

After an academic year marked by the normalization of the phrase "safe space," a group of higher education reformers has a recommendation for schools looking to avoid another "annus horribilis": Hire more conservative professors.

May 8, 2016

Planned Parenthood draws outrage with Mother’s Day tweet

Planned Parenthood celebrated Mother's Day with a tweet picturing two mothers holding their children.

May 8, 2016

Roy Moore, Alabama Supreme Court chief justice, suspended for opposing gay marriage ruling

Roy Moore, the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, was suspended on Friday for opposing the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which struck down state laws defining marriage as the union between one man and one woman.

May 6, 2016

Jamba Juice cites ‘competitive operating costs’ in move from California to Texas

Jamba Juice is the latest company to uproot from California in favor of greener economic pastures.

May 6, 2016