Home » Topics » University of Rochester
Rochester University pressured to fire professor Steven Landsburg over rape comments
A professor at the University of Rochester who asked why an attacker shouldn’t “reap the benefits” of an unconscious woman is now the target of a campaign to get him fired. In a March 20 blog post, economics professor Steven Landsburg questioned why raping someone who was unconscious should be…
Study: Homophobic people likely repressing homosexual attraction
People who have negative feelings toward homosexuality often have secret attractions to the same sex — and are more likely to have grown up in households that forbid homosexual feelings, according to a recent study. A research team from the University of Rochester, the University of Essex, England, and the…
Brand new on Raw Story
- Alex Jones pushes tornado truther theory: ‘There’s weather weapon stuff going on’
- Massachusetts Lt. Governor resigns to take job at local Chamber of Commerce
- Atheist Arizona lawmaker quotes Carl Sagan for House opening prayer
- Two Virginia women charged over homespun herbal abortion
- Tone Policing Only Goes One Way
- Report: FBI shoots and kills man in Florida connected to Marathon bombing suspect
- Colorado man opens fire on officer with AR-15 at traffic stop for no headlights
- 23 leading academics, authors and film-makers accuse New York Times of treating Latin American political leaders differently
- ‘The Rendition Project’ sheds new light on U.S. government’s global kidnap and secret detention program
- Chinese restaurant owner rides out Oklahoma tornado in restaurant’s walk-in freezer
Commentary
The Orange Couch does Mad Men: S7E8, “The Crash”
By Amanda Marcotte
An open letter to the Center for Inquiry
By Amanda Marcotte
Stop whining about Millennials
By Pando Daily
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
