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Alissa Lopez | July 11, 2016
An empirical study conducted by Harvard professor Roland G. Fryer Jr. has disproven the claim that police officers are more likely to shoot an African American than a white person. In stark contrast to non-lethal uses of force, we find no racial differences in officer-involved shootings on either the extensive or intensive margins. Using data from Houston, Texas – where we have both officer-…
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Alissa Lopez | July 11, 2016
On Monday, the Newseum Institute released the findings of their annual ‘State of the First Amendment’ survey for 2016, explaining:  This report – conducted this year in partnership with USA TODAY – summarizes the findings from the 2016 survey and, where appropriate, depicts how attitudes have changed over time. According to the summary, 39 percent of Americans were unable to name a single…
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Alissa Lopez | July 11, 2016
The Department of Defense announced on Monday that two Guantanamo detainees will be transferred to the Serbia.   The DoD's press release stated:  The United States is grateful to the Government of Serbia for its humanitarian gesture and willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The United States coordinated with the Government of Serbia to…
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Alissa Lopez | July 11, 2016
    Last Tuesday, a young Michigan woman went to a clinic to undergo an abortion. On Thursday, she was found dead in the basement of her mother’s home. The woman’s name has not been released to news outlets.  The victim's family reported to the police that four days after undergoing the procedure, she began feeling severe pains in her stomach. She reportedly went to a hospital in Battle…
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Alissa Lopez | July 8, 2016
On Thursday, the House voted 217 to 203 to approve an amendment to the 2017 Nation Defense Authorization Act that would exclude women from having to register for the draft. To be specific, 215 Republican representatives voted for the defense bills adjustment, while only 24 voted against it. Only to Democrats supported the bill, while 179 voted against it. Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), an…
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Alissa Lopez | July 7, 2016
    Last month, it was discovered that a German foreign ISIS fighter had used his Facebook in an effort to sell two different women for $8,000. Now, this callous sex slave business has made its way onto phone apps such as Telegram and WhatsApp. An activist with Iraq’s persecuted Yazidi community shared with The Associated Press an advertisement for a young Yazidi woman that read: “Virgin.…
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Alissa Lopez | July 6, 2016
Liam Fee died at his home in east Scotland in March of 2014. He had sustained injuries similar to car crash victims, which caused his heart to rupture. After examining his body, the pathologist shared with the jury that Liam suffered more than 30 external injuries, including an abrasion and gash on the back of his head, bruises on his legs and exterior wounds to his genital area.  Liam was…
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Alissa Lopez | July 5, 2016
  A woman was rushed to the emergency room following a botched abortion procedure at a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis., Mo., on Saturday. That same Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis, Mo., has made at least 60 emergency calls from its facility over the past seven years. Operation Rescue, a pro-life Christian activist organization, has labeled it one of the most dangerous abortion…
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Alissa Lopez | July 1, 2016
  Last time I checked, the world of academia was controlled by the Left. But isn't the Left suppose to be tolerant and all loving? I must be missing something here. The National Institute of Health began this five-year study, called “Breaking The Bias Cycle For Future Scientists: A Workshop To Learn, Experience and Change,” back in 2015 to “improve the culture of academic science and to make…
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Alissa Lopez | June 30, 2016
    The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has made a pitiable attempt at creating a satirical commercial about Islamophobia, which ABC News shared online. The organization created a make-believe medicine called "Islamophobin." According to the box it is meant to be a “multi-system relief for chronic Islamophobia” and will help to "spread love." Dear Cair: feel free to spread more…