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Lakota man accuses hospital of burning ‘KKK’ into his torso
A 68-year-old, blind South Dakota man says after a two week stay in a Rapid City hospital, he returned home with unusual wounds on his abdomen which his caretakers soon discovered appear to spell out the letters “KKK.” Vernon Traversie, who’s of Lakota descent and lives with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe…
Smartphone app files official TSA complaints in real-time
A smartphone application set to debut next week looks to bring real-time complaint reporting to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints. Developed by funding from The Sikh Coalition, a civil rights umbrella group that looks out for people who follow Sikhism, the app asks a series of questions that mirror the…
Romney takes beating on immigration as Supreme Court hears Arizona challenge
As the U.S. Supreme Court finally takes up a lawsuit over Arizona’s restrictive immigration law, there are some leading immigration reform activists who are calling Mitt Romney’s stated position of supporting policies that encourage “self-deportation” nothing more than “fantasy.” Romney has previously called Arizona’s immigration policies “a model” for the country,…
Protesters rally against Wells Fargo CEO for pocketing $20 million after bailout
San Francisco Police arrested 24 protesters apart of a group attempting to shutdown a Wells Fargo shareholder meeting Tuesday afternoon, according to The Bay Citizen. The protest against the bank was inspired by several factors. Organizers rallied against Wells Fargo executives receiving $72 million and CEO John Stumpf pocketing $20…
Petition author: Drug czar’s hemp warning ‘like getting hit in the head with a hammer’
In a recent response to a White House petition, President Barack Obama’s drug czar warned of danger in the domestic production of industrial hemp, drawing a stunned reaction from the petition’s author, who told Raw Story on Wednesday that it was “like getting hit in the head with a hammer.”…
SB 1070 author says infants can get IDs to prove they are ‘legal’
The author of a controversial anti-immigration bill in Arizona said on Tuesday that young children could simply get state-issued identification to prove they are in the U.S. legally. Appearing before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, former Arizona state Senate president Russell Pearce (R) defended the state’s SB 1070 law, which requires…
Study: Mexican immigration hits ‘net zero’
A study published this week by the Pew Hispanic Center found that over the last five years, immigration from Mexico to the United States has dropped to its lowest level in decades, hitting the key “net zero” benchmark just recently, where more Mexicans are moving out of the U.S. than…
Planned Parenthood targeted by ‘hoax visits’ designed to ‘undermine’ women’s health
Earlier today, the Planned Parenthood blog “Reproductive Health Reality Check” posted an editorial stating that the organization has been subject to several suspicious visits at clinics across the country. “In recent weeks people who oppose Planned Parenthood, and our mission to provide high-quality reproductive health care, have been conducting a…
Former BitTorrent exec. among tech experts slamming ‘civil liberties violations’ in CISPA
A former executive at BitTorrent, Inc. known for inventing a highly successful credit card fraud detection technology has joined 50 other Internet professionals, educators, engineers, policy makers and entrepreneurs in beseeching Congress to abandon a bill that would merge corporate networks with the National Security Agency (NSA). That bill, the…
Hugh Hefner: ‘Repressed conservatives’ waging ‘war against sex’
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is calling out “repressed conservatives” like Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Rush Limbaugh by name for waging a “war against sex.” In an editorial published in the May edition of Playboy magazine, Hefner charges that “a new generation of repressed conservatives are pounding on America’s bedroom…
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