Home » Topics » political parties
Mexican teachers set fire in local ruling party office
Teachers angered at education reform stormed the offices of political parties in southwestern Mexico on Wednesday, breaking windows and setting fire inside the ruling party’s local headquarters. Thousands of members of the CETEG teachers’ union, joined by farmers and student groups, marched in the capital of Guerrero state, Chilpancingo, while…
Egyptian politicians agree to elect constitutional panel
CAIRO — Egypt’s political parties on Thursday agreed on the formation of a commission tasked with drafting a new constitution, capping a row that lasted nearly three months, officials said. The agreement was struck at a meeting between representatives of the political parties, including Islamists who dominate parliament, and Egypt’s…
Religious parties banned under new Libya law
TRIPOLI — Libyan authorities on Tuesday passed legislation governing the formation of political organisations which rules out religious, regional and tribal platforms and bans foreign funding. “Political parties and associations should not be built on the basis of regional, tribal or religious affiliation,” a member of the ruling National Transitional…
This Is America, Goddammit
I was under the impression we lived in America, not some shitty island nation with 18 political parties and ceremonial royalty. I was under the impression we lived in a country where cash in a card was a perfectly acceptable gift, where we walk into fancy restaurants in flip-flops because…
One of us! One of us!
Update: Bitch PhD called it over a year ago: Donohue’s real religion isn’t Catholicism so much as it’s hate-women-and-gays-ism. Donohue demands that the DNC shut out Bitch PhD because she’s not an annoying, crazy, treacly Catholic. You know, like K-Lo. I was unaware that political parties had a responsibility to…
We Make Shit Up
Congressional Quarterly seems to be admitting that ideological rankings of Senators and Representatives, including their own, provide inaccurate, selective and mislabeled impressions of politicians. Yet, for some reason, they keep doing them. The Voteview approach is widely praised by political scientists because it has been very accurate at predicting how…
Brand new on Raw Story
- Sen. Bernie Sanders pushes to allow states to label genetically engineered foods
- Muslim leaders pray at Auschwitz during a Holocaust awareness visit
- IAEA says Iran expanding nuclear program
- IRS director Lois Lerner refuses to testify at House hearing
- Scientists optimistic of AIDS cure for some
- ‘Family’ group: Obama’s order to ‘embrace homosexuality’ drove rise in military sexual assaults
- West Point sergeant accused of secretly filming female cadets
- Beck: ‘The American people have just been raped’ by Benghazi, IRS scandals
- Facebook becomes member of Internet freedom group
- Sunbathing crocodile sends hundreds fleeing from Indonesian beach
Commentary
Tone policing only goes one way
By Amanda Marcotte
The Orange Couch does Mad Men: S7E8, “The Crash”
By Amanda Marcotte
An open letter to the Center for Inquiry
By Amanda Marcotte
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
