Oklahoma restaurant’s ‘we don’t have a transgender bathroom’ sign creates media storm

Oklahoma restaurant’s ‘we don’t have a transgender bathroom’ sign creates media storm

by WorldTribune Staff, March 17, 2017 An Oklahoma City transgender resident said she was “disturbed” and felt threatened by a local restaurant’s sign proclaiming “we do not have a transgender bathroom … so don’t be caught in the wrong one”. Paula Schonauer, who did not actually visit the Steak & Catfish Barn, nonetheless told a […]

NC lawmaker to challenge tax-exempt status of NCAA

NC lawmaker to challenge tax-exempt status of NCAA

by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2017 The NCAA and Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) engaged in political and lobbying activity when they canceled events in North Carolina over opposition to House Bill 2 and should be investigated for a possible violation of their tax-exempt status, a lawmaker said. “The NCAA and ACC have allegedly engaged in […]

Iowa high school students called racist for wearing U.S. flag colors to basketball game

Iowa high school students called racist for wearing U.S. flag colors to basketball game

by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2017 A group of students at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa were decried as racists for their actions at a recent basketball game. Their crime? They wore red, white and blue attire to the game against Des Moines North High School, which has players from refugee families, […]

ACLU to ‘resist Trump’ event: ‘You do the work in the streets, we’ll do the work in the courts’

ACLU to ‘resist Trump’ event: ‘You do the work in the streets, we’ll do the work in the courts’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2017 In what may be the ACLU’s version of March Madness, the group is coaching anti-Trump protesters on their rights to vocally oppose the president’s policies – and to remain silent when they get arrested. “We will bring all the lawsuits necessary to defend these rights,” ACLU Executive Director Anthony […]

Supreme Court sends transgender bathroom case back to lower court

Supreme Court sends transgender bathroom case back to lower court

by WorldTribune Staff, March 7, 2017 The U.S. Supreme Court sent a transgender-rights case back to a lower court on March 6 after the Trump administration rescinded Obama administration guidelines allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their gender identity in public schools. The decision to send the case back to the 4th Circuit […]

Iran’s state TV photoshopped Charlize Theron, presenter of its politicized Oscar

Iran’s state TV photoshopped Charlize Theron, presenter of its politicized Oscar

by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2017 Enforcing its strict laws on female modesty, a state-run Iranian TV station crudely censored the Oscars broadcast by photoshopping conservative clothing onto Charlize Theron. Theron was the presenter for Best Foreign Language film, which was won by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi for his film “Salesman”. Farhadi used the occasion […]

Director from country that executes gays lectures Trump about ‘inhumane laws’

Director from country that executes gays lectures Trump about ‘inhumane laws’

by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2017 An Iranian director whose film won the Oscar for best foreign language film on Feb. 26, lectured U.S. President Donald Trump on “inhumane laws” and “human dignity”. Asghar Farhadi, who boycotted the awards ceremony over Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries – including Iran – […]

Going with her feeling has left Rachel Dolezal broke and nearly homeless

Going with her feeling has left Rachel Dolezal broke and nearly homeless

by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2017 The white woman who passed herself off as black – and even became head of an NAACP branch – says she is now jobless, broke and on the verge of homelessness. And Rachel Dolezal still insists she is not white. “I do think a more complex label would be […]

Unreported: 1,500 pedophile arrests made nationally since Trump took office

Unreported: 1,500 pedophile arrests made nationally since Trump took office

by WorldTribune Staff, February 26, 2017 President Donald Trump is making good on his pledge to use the “full force and weight” of the U.S. government to break up child sex trafficking rings and lock up sexual predators. Since Trump was sworn in, authorities have arrested more than 1,500 pedophiles in the United States. “This […]

‘Heterosexual’ star blows whistle on ‘toxic’ WNBA culture

‘Heterosexual’ star blows whistle on ‘toxic’ WNBA culture

by WorldTribune Staff, February 22, 2017 A former WNBA player said she was targeted for being “heterosexual” and that her “spirit was being broken” during her immersion in the league’s “toxic” culture. Candice Wiggins, a college star at Stanford, the third pick of the 2008 WNBA draft and a 2011 champion with Minnesota, retired in […]