Transgender athlete wins shot put by more than three feet as middle school girls protest and refuse to compete - just days after she won the court battle to overturn West Virginia's transgender laws - A transgender athlete from West Virginia won her shot put competition in her first sporting event after an appeals court ruling allowed her to compete - because other participants refused to compete against her.Becky Pepper-Jackson, 13, competed in the Harris County Middle School track and field...
Last November, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the most powerful pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington, announced a $100 million effort to unseat members of Congress who vocally supported calls for a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. AIPAC and its allies have flooded the spring and summer primaries of Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman, and […]
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has voted to block West Virginia’s “Save Women’s Sports Act,” saying that it violates the rights of transgender students.
The appeals ruling did not fully invalidate West Virginia's law. That leaves school districts and teams in a murky position when other transgender girls try out for teams.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals voted to block a West Virginia law banning transgender student-athletes from playing on teams consistent with their gender identity, finding the […]
Over 400 former and current collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes urged the NCAA to not ban transgender athletes from women’s college sports, according to a letter sent out on Tuesday. “We implore you, the NCAA’s highest governing body and members of an organization focused on supporting the wellbeing of not just athletes but sport itself,
Mark Pope is well-known around Big Blue Nation, helping bring Kentucky a national championship in 1996 as a player under Rick Pitino. Now, he’s hoping to replicate that success as a coach. As it turns out, though, he’s not the only family member with incredible athletic ability. Three of his four daughters have excelled in […]
Joan Walsh The new group EducateUS is creating a counter-movement to the conservative groups stoking a culture war over sexuality education.
Sports fans tend to forget that though professional athletes are among the most popular and wealthiest people in the world, they still tend to face a lot of racism as well. On Tuesday, after their game 2 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, Indianapolis Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton gave the public insight into what his brother was called just during game 1 of the first-round playoff series. During the press conference, Haliburton shared, “My little brother in the stands the other day was called...
New York City is suffering a retail catastrophe, with 11.2% of storefronts empty — nearly twice the 6% of 2019.
There’s a direct link between being raised in a family with a mom and dad present and a commitment to faith, according to the president Read More
A California Christian club is fighting to put their cross back on display after city officials used eminent domain to remove it while citing complaints of it being "reminiscent of KKK cross-burnings" and offensive to "diverse communities."