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The Cornell University fraternity sexual assault allegations, the Chi Phi fraternity controversy, and a reopened criminal investigation have sparked national debate. But what really happened that night in October 2024, and why are there questions about the original police statement and subsequent a…

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I thought I understood how the sex offender registry worked. Then I learned about a loophole in Illinois law that left me completely stunned. Someone can be convicted of certain unauthorized recording offenses involving a child and, under current Illinois law, that conviction does not necessarily r…
What happens when a child trafficking survivor goes undercover online pretending to be a 12-year-old girl? What Kim Kelley told me about what happened next is something I think every parent needs to hear. Kim says she is a child trafficking survivor and child safety advocate who was born and raised…
Do you REALLY know what's in the beef you're feeding your family? Most of us walk into the grocery store, grab a package of ground beef or a steak, and never think twice about what happened to that meat before it reached the shelf. But after this conversation, you might start asking a few…
Flock cameras, automatic license plate readers and police surveillance are facing massive backlash across America but I think we're blaming the wrong thing. Yes, Flock cameras can make mistakes. In this episode, I break down disturbing cases where innocent people were stopped after license pla…
I love sports. My kids play sports. But I cannot stand what adults have done to youth sports culture. Somewhere along the way, playing a sport stopped being enough. Now your kid needs the travel team. The private lessons. The expensive equipment. The tournament three states away. The required hotel…
I voted for Donald Trump. I’m still a conservative. My values haven’t changed, and I wouldn’t change my vote. But I’m also not going to pretend that everything happening right now is good just because the person in office is someone I voted for. At some point, we have to be willing to ask: What hap…
What happens when the government removes a child from an unsafe home to “protect” them...and then says there’s nowhere for them to go?In this episode of Melissa Unfiltered, I examine reports of foster children being held in juvenile detention facilities because appropriate foster placements could n…
Your child brings home a school-issued Chromebook, MacBook, or iPad. But do you actually know what that device can see, track, collect, or flag once it's inside your home? I started digging into school-issued devices, and what I found left me with a lot of questions. In this episode of Melissa…
Our kids are falling behind in one of the most basic life skills imaginable: reading. According to the latest national data, millions of students are not reading at grade level. So why are schools spending so much time debating pronouns, gender identity, and classroom policies instead? In this epis…
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