Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
Northwestern accused of caving to protesters as House opens antisemitism probe
Northwestern University's decision to cut a deal with pro-Palestinian student demonstrators may have created more problems than it solved. Published May 10, 2024
Ivy League loses another college president as Martha Pollack signals exit from Cornell
Cornell University President Martha Pollack will step down June 30 after seven years in the role, heading off conjecture about her departure amid campus protest turmoil by insisting the move was hers. Published May 9, 2024
Student sues school district over suspension for saying ‘illegal aliens,’ switches to homeschooling
A North Carolina student suspended for using the term "illegal aliens" in class has sued the school district, saying he was bullied and ostracized after being falsely "branded as a racist." Published May 9, 2024
Some Democrats break with Biden over withholding weapons to Israel
It goes without saying that President Biden's threat to withhold arms transfers to Israel infuriated Republicans, but even some Democrats are objecting to the decision. Published May 9, 2024
Christian singer Sean Feucht leads pro-Israel rally at USC on heels of Columbia firestorm
Wherever anti-Israel campus protesters are at their most chaotic, there also goes Sean Feucht. Published May 9, 2024
Not just colleges: Lawmakers call for heads to roll at K-12 schools beset by antisemitism
Leaders of some of the nation's leading school districts went before Congress to defend their records of combating rising K-12 antisemitism, but lawmakers were skeptical any of them would be making the honor roll. Published May 8, 2024
High school yearbook ripped for shrugging off Hamas attack as ‘what happened happened’
A Houston-area high school's yearbook drew outrage for publishing a one-sided account of the Israel-Hamas War that downplays the brutal Oct. 7 attack on Israeli civilians, saying that "what happened happened." Published May 7, 2024
Feminists accused of ‘selective outrage’ over muted reaction to Israeli women brutalized by Hamas
The Israeli women and girls raped and taken hostage by Hamas have never received the same international support as the #MeToo and #BringBackOurGirls campaigns, a double standard that one women's organization seeks to rectify. Published May 7, 2024
Biden condemns ‘ferocious surge of antisemitism’ on college campuses in rebuke to protesters
President Biden on Tuesday marked Holocaust Remembrance Day by delivering his most forceful condemnation of campus antisemitism to date, bowing to the mounting pressure for him to address rising anti-Israel protest chaos and harassment of Jewish students and faculty. Published May 7, 2024
MIT drops DEI-pledge requirements in hiring after concluding ‘they don’t work’
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has discontinued the use of required diversity, equity and inclusion statements in hiring, becoming the first top U.S. university to drop the ideological litmus tests on its own initiative after concluding that "they don't work." Published May 6, 2024
New York AG Letitia James accused of ‘witch-hunt’ after suing pro-life pregnancy centers
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Heartbeat International for false advertising over its promotion of abortion pill reversals, prompting the pro-life pregnancy network to accuse her of protecting "Big Abortion." Published May 6, 2024
Columbia accused of letting anti-Israel protesters win by canceling main graduation
Columbia University canceled its main commencement ceremony following weeks of pro-Palestine activism and strife, prompting accusations that the Ivy League school has surrendered to protesters. Published May 6, 2024
Faculty Against Antisemitism provides safety in numbers to ‘silent majority’ on campuses
The newly launched Faculty Against Antisemitism Movement seeks to create a national network of academics to stand against "antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and anti-Israel activity on their campuses." Published May 6, 2024
Vegan food, birth control, ‘no bagels’: Anti-Israel camps mocked for donation lists
Those pro-Gaza college protesters may be interested in more than divestment from Israel, judging from their wish lists. Published May 4, 2024
Bernie Sanders warns that Israel-Hamas War ‘may be Biden’s Vietnam’
The anti-Israel protests roiling college campuses loom as an ill omen for President Biden's bid for a second term, as far as Sen. Bernard Sanders is concerned. Published May 3, 2024
Al Sharpton equates anti-Israel college riots to Jan. 6
Those scenes of pro-Palestinian protesters storming college campuses and battling with police reminded Al Sharpton of another event: the Capitol demonstration of Jan. 6, 2021. Published May 3, 2024
Court rules in favor of girls who refused to compete against transgender athlete
A West Virginia judge has granted a temporary injunction sought by four middle-school girls who refused to compete against a transgender athlete, a decision that prevents school officials from barring the girls from track meets. Published May 3, 2024
House Republicans urge Olympics to stop using ‘Chinese Taipei’ for Taiwan
Three House Republicans are calling on the International Olympic Committee to stop requiring Taiwan to compete under the name "Chinese Taipei," accusing the organization of capitulating to "bullying" from the People's Republic of China. Published May 2, 2024
Nearly half of anti-Israel ‘student’ protesters arrested at Columbia, CCNY weren’t students
It turns out that nearly half of the anti-Israel student protesters taken into custody at Columbia University and the City College of New York weren't exactly students. Published May 2, 2024
Cancel that last order: McDonald’s pitchman Brian Cox fileted over Bible-bashing
Emmy-winning actor Brian Cox has been torched after skewering the Bible as "one of the worst books," and McDonald's may not be lovin' it. Published May 2, 2024
