Bradford Richardson

Republicans push pro-life conscience protections in spending bill

Republican lawmakers and proponents of religious liberty are pushing to include legislation in the omnibus spending bill that would protect health care workers from being forced to perform abortions.

March 15, 2018

College lists ‘God bless you’ as a ‘microaggression’

Telling a classmate "God bless you" after she sneezes is a "microaggression," according to extensive social justice guidelines posted by a women's college in Boston.

March 15, 2018

Students back ‘free speech,’ restrictive safe spaces limit policies

The majority of college students surveyed in a Gallup/Knight Foundation study said they support free speech and believe it is vital to the health of democracy.

March 14, 2018

Chloe Angyal, Huffington Post editor, fewer white writers wanted

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Chloe Angyal, the popular site's deputy opinion editor, said one of her goals this month was to ensure less than 50 percent of content was published by "white authors."

March 14, 2018

Wendy Davis leaves door open to top job at Planned Parenthood

Wendy Davis is leaving the door open to succeeding Cecile Richards as the next president of Planned Parenthood.

March 13, 2018

Support for free speech down 8 points among college students: Survey

A just-released survey of American college students finds a year-to-year decline in support for free speech of 8 percent.

March 12, 2018

Restaurant charged white customers more to combat ‘racial wealth disparity’

A restaurant in New Orleans charged white customers an extra $18 in order to raise awareness about the "racial wealth disparity."

March 12, 2018

University to host ‘It’s OK to be (Against) White(ness)’ workshop

Trent University in Ontario is scheduled to hold a workshop on Monday called "It's OK to be (Against) White(ness)."

March 10, 2018

Student barred from college class for rejecting ‘the reality of white male privilege’: Report

A student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania was barred from class, forced to apologize and given an academic referral for disputing "the reality of white male privilege."

March 10, 2018

ACLU slams ‘shameful’ First Amendment Defense Act

The ACLU, one of the country's foremost free-speech advocacy groups, is slamming Senate Republicans for introducing a bill called the "First Amendment Defense Act."

March 9, 2018

Communists turn fountain red at University of Texas

Things took a biblical turn Thursday at the University of Texas after communist students turned a fountain red to symbolize the "blood of women & all survivors" on International Women's Day.

March 8, 2018

CNN interviews Caitlyn Jenner for International Women’s Day

CNN reached out to Caitlyn Jenner on International Women's Day to talk about what the 107-year-old holiday means for the future of women's equality.

March 8, 2018

Hillary Clinton honors transgender woman for International Women’s Day

Hillary Clinton honored a transgender woman on Thursday to mark International Women's Day.

March 8, 2018

Abortion providers rake in $1.5 billion in taxpayer funding: Report

Three major abortion providers took home more than $1.5 billion in taxpayer funding over a three-year span, according to a report released this week by the Government Accountability Office.

March 8, 2018

Karl Marx statue in Trier, Germany, gets mixed reactions ahead of 200 birthday

A towering bronze statue of Karl Marx, a gift of China's communist government, arrived in Germany on Tuesday two months ahead of a celebration honoring the Communist Manifesto author's 200th birthday in his birthplace of Trier.

March 7, 2018

MSNBC panel cheers: Old conservatives will ‘thankfully die off’ soon

A panel on MSNBC cheered the imminent demise of "old, kind of crusty" conservatives who support the Second Amendment and prevent young people from enacting gun control measures.

March 7, 2018

Bryn Mawr lists ‘ze,’ ‘it’ as gender pronouns

Guidelines issued by Bryn Mawr College include "ze" and "it" among the gender-neutral pronouns by which students, professors and members of the community might identify.

March 6, 2018

Emma Stone accused of ‘white feminism’ for slighting minority directors at Oscars

Emma Stone is being accused of "white feminism" for slighting the minority directors nominated for Academy Awards on Sunday night.

March 6, 2018

Sex change surgeries skyrocket amid transgender movement, study finds

The number of sex-reassignment surgeries, including the removal and construction of external genitalia, increased nearly fourfold from 2000 to 2014, according to the study published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Surgery.

March 5, 2018

Kobe Bryant wins Academy Award amid ‘Me too’ moment

In the midst of Hollywood's "Me too" moment, basketball superstar and accused rapist Kobe Bryant won an Academy Award on Sunday for best animated short film.

March 4, 2018