Sunisa Lee’s Olympic gold opens window on overlooked legal immigrants: The Hmongs

Sunisa Lee’s Olympic gold opens window on overlooked legal immigrants: The Hmongs

by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2021 Sunisa Lee is the first Hmong American to represent the U.S. at the Olympics. On Thursday, the 18-year-old from Minnesota won the gold medal in the gymnastics all-around competition. Lee’s parents, John Lee and Yeev Thoj, were among thousands of Hmong refugees who fled Vietnam to Thailand and then […]

Team BLM: All but two on women’s soccer squad take a knee

Team BLM: All but two on women’s soccer squad take a knee

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2021 Who exactly will the so-called U.S. women’s soccer team be representing at the Tokyo Olympics? That was made pretty clear on July 5 when all but two of the team members took a knee during the national anthem while the entire squad wore warmup jerseys emblazoned with Black […]

Poll: Transgender athletes shouldn’t be allowed to compete against women at Olympics

Poll: Transgender athletes shouldn’t be allowed to compete against women at Olympics

by WorldTribune Staff, June 27, 2021 In a new Rasmussen Reports poll, 56 percent of likely voters said it is not fair to make women compete against transgender athletes at the Olympic Games. The poll found that just 25 percent think it is fair and 19 percent are not sure. The issue was prominent in […]