Home » 2013
Bobby Jindal calls for jailing of IRS officials behind Tea Party targeting
Louisiana governor uses speech to Virginia Republicans to say Barack Obama ‘bears responsibility’ as scandals continue The governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, on Saturday called for any Inland Revenue Service officials who are found to have unfairly targeted conservative groups to be put in jail. In a speech to be…
Confederate Civil War General ‘Stonewall’ Jackson venerated with lemons 150 years after his death
It has been 150 years since Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson died, and visitors are still bringing flowers — and lemons — to shrines that honor the memory of the Confederate army general. Jackson was one of the most successful generals in the 1861-1865 US civil war, and according to legend he…
Actor Gerard Depardieu compares Vladimir Putin to Pope John Paul II
French actor and newly-minted Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu on Saturday compared President Vladimir Putin to the late Pope John Paul II and said the ex-KGB agent is what Russia needs as a leader. Depardieu is preparing to shoot a new film in Moscow and the Chechen capital Grozny — a…
Debate on bill to protect Afghan women from violence halted after complaints it is ‘against Islamic teaching’
The Afghan parliament on Saturday cut short a debate on a bill to protect women from violence after complaints from some traditionalist MPs that it was against Islamic teaching. The Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) law, which was passed by a presidential decree in 2009, is seen as a…
Republican Texas judge orders lesbian couple to live apart or lose children
A Republican Texas Judge has ordered a lesbian couple to live apart or give up custody of their children. According to Think Progress, Judge John Roach of McKinney, Texas has given Page Price 30 days to move out of the home she shares with Carolyn Compton and Compton’s two children…
North Korea fires short-range missiles into Sea of Japan
North Korea on Saturday launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea’s defence ministry said. US and South Korean forces had been on heightened alert for a medium-range ballistic missile test in recent weeks amid tensions triggered by North Korea’s…
JD Salinger’s secret life exposed in new documentary
Documentary promising revelations about reclusive Catcher in the Rye author has been snapped up by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein JD Salinger, the elusive author of The Catcher in the Rye, was one of America’s most famous recluses and guarded his private life with fanatical dedication. Yet even he might have…
As outrage grows, military makes addressing sexual assault a ‘top priority’
JEFFREY BROWN: The issue of sexual assault in the military was back in the spotlight today at the Pentagon. Margaret Warner reports. MARGARET WARNER: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey offered no new solutions to the military’s sexual assault crisis at today’s much… …
New report explores ‘nontraditional’ ways to fight drug trafficking in Latin America
A new report by the Organization of American… …
ACLU’s legislative counsel tells Congress: ‘Drones are coming to America’
) In this file photo, Seattle Police officer Jim Britt demonstrates an unmanned aerial vehicle during at a meeting where the police answered questions about their drone program in Seattle, Wash. (Colin Diltz, The Seattle Times/AP/File) With much of Capitol Hill riveted by… …
Brand new on Raw Story
- Republican Texas judge orders lesbian couple to live apart or lose children
- North Korea fires short-range missiles into Sea of Japan
- JD Salinger’s secret life exposed in new documentary
- As outrage grows, military makes addressing sexual assault a ‘top priority’
- New report explores ‘nontraditional’ ways to fight drug trafficking in Latin America
- ACLU’s legislative counsel tells Congress: ‘Drones are coming to America’
- Bollywood bad boy Sanjay Dutt held in ‘terrorist’ jail for arms possession
- Maher: GOP has moved beyond obstruction to treason
- Facebook exec and ‘Lean In’ author Sheryl Sandberg says it’s OK for women to cry at work
- Three new factory suicides at Apple supplier Foxconn
Commentary
Six ways the GOP could screw up the Obama administration’s scandals
By Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Which Public Enemy Lyric Is Most Conservative? A Poll.
By Amanda Marcotte
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
