Jacob Bojesson Syrian and Iraqi refugees clashed with their Afghan counterparts at a Belgian camp after Afghan refugees got upset at a young girl seen without a headscarf. Tension between the two sides was growing for days before a riot eventually erupted Friday. Video from the riot, which reportedly involved more than 100 people,…
Use of Vimto Soft Drink as Fake Blood Shows Weakness of IS by Ben Ramanauskas Islamic State, the jihadist group which has attempted to establish an Islamic caliphate in the Middle East, is undoubtedly one of the most disgusting and disturbing groups ever to exist. They have enslaved, raped, tortured, murdered, and terrorized countless people…
By Lina Bryce First there was a young woman who complained that her employer didn’t pay her a living wage, and now, a young woman by the name of Chelsea pulls her emotional self together just long enough to post a 4-minute video about her traumatic experience while phone-banking for Bernie Sanders. By all accounts, it would appear…
Blake Neff A student center for gay, bisexual, and transgender students at the University of Michigan created a safe space Tuesday to protect students frightened by an approaching debate on the subject “Does Feminism Have a Free Speech Problem?” “We recognize that the rhetoric of the speakers featured in this event is incredibly harmful…
Juliegrace Brufke The Obama administration’s lack of clear leadership and push to launch HealthCare.gov on schedule despite clear concerns led to the website’s disastrous roll out, a Tuesday report from the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services concluded. Users trying to purchase insurance through the federal marketplace – which continues to face challenges – experienced a slew of…
Andrew Follett The mining and coal industries lost tens of thousands of jobs last year alone according to federal data, mostly due to federal regulations and low-priced natural gas. Mark Perry, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, aggregated data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics into a chart. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics data aggregated by American…
by Kaytee Moyer Allegations of chaos and voter fraud at the Nevada GOP Caucuses spread like wild fire over the internet as the caucuses unfolded last evening. Reports via Twitter indicated that many caucus locations were overwhelmed by the high numbers of caucus-goers that showed up. Some locations quickly ran out of ballots while others,…
Immigrants are a Benefit, Not a Detriment by Ben Ramanauskas The Republican Presidential debates have been dominated by one topic: immigration. The majority of the candidates have attempted to outdo each other with their anti-immigrant rhetoric. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, the two front-runners, have both promised to build a wall along the United States’ border with Mexico….
Blake Neff A Canadian judge has struck down a recently deceased doctor’s plan to create a scholarship for heterosexual white men on the grounds it is “contrary to public policy.” Radiologist Victor Priebe died on New Year’s Day 2015, and included a provision in his will to establish a scholarship with an unusual stipulation. The…
Juliegrace Brufke In a letter written to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday, GOP members of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary said they won’t hold a hearing on President Barack Obama’s expected nomination to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat in the wake of his death. Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa in addition to…