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Exclusive: Ohio anti-union bill may curtail benefits for unmarried live-in couples
Buried in a newly-passed Ohio bill stripping the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions is language that could curtail benefits for unmarried domestic couples who work for the state, regardless of sexual orientation. The provision appears just below language forcefully restating the same-sex marriage ban in the state, an…
Exclusive: Key conservatives behind S. Dakota’s abortion law appear clueless as to what Planned Parenthood does
Abortion is already a heavily regulated medical procedure, but Republicans in South Dakota are poised to mandate the harshest regulations of any state yet, including a requirement that women visit an anti-abortion “crisis pregnancy center” before the procedure. The new requirements are part of a bill that cleared the state’s…
EXCLUSIVE: LGBT immigration advocates plan DOMA challenge
In the wake of the decision by the Obama Administration that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and that they would not defend it in court, many LGBT couples are waiting to see just what effect the ruling will have on their access to federal benefits…
Exclusive: Gov’t shutdown will help Obama politically, former Clinton aide says
WASHINGTON – A former aide in the Clinton White House tells Raw Story the politics of a government shutdown will be good for President Barack Obama, and warns that the nature of today’s Republican caucus will make negotiations more difficult. Progressive strategist Mike Lux served as Special Assistant to the…
Lynn Woolsey: Obama must not ‘capitulate’ to GOP on shutdown (EXCLUSIVE)
WASHINGTON – Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) is urging President Barack Obama to follow in President Bill Clinton’s footsteps and stand strong against Republicans on sharp spending cuts — even as the possibility of a government shutdown looms. “You have to remember what a leader Bill Clinton was in 1995. It…
Exclusive: Readers share photos from Saturday’s labor protests
Millions of Americans were out in the streets this past Saturday, participating in the largest flare-up of labor protests the nation has seen in decades — yet images like these were conspicuously missing from the major television news networks. At the rallies’ epicenter was Madison, Wisconsin, where over 100,000 gathered…
Exclusive: Non-partisan ‘US Uncut’ group demands corporations pay taxes
Help Raw Story cover Saturday’s nation-wide labor protests: send us your photos and video WASHINGTON – Corporate tax evasion has evolved into a virtual art form. Two-thirds of US corporations didn’t pay so much as a dime in taxes between 1998 and 2005, exploiting a multitude of loopholes, according to…
Exclusive: Military’s ‘persona’ software cost millions, used for ‘classified social media activities’
Most people use social media like Facebook and Twitter to share photos of friends and family, chat with friends and strangers about random and amusing diversions, or follow their favorite websites, bands and television shows. But what does the US military use those same networks for? Well, we can’t tell…
Exclusive: Troopers would ‘absolutely’ use force on Wisc. protesters if ordered, police union president tells Raw
But: ‘That would not be something I recognize as the United States of America,’ state patrol inspector adds Amid the largest protests Madison, Wisconsin has seen in decades, newly elected Republican Gov. Scott Walker last week issued a stark message to public labor unions occupying the capitol building: we have…
Exclusive: Revolutionary spirit could spread, author tells Raw
Despite the unique circumstances that brought about social unrest in countries across the Middle East, the wave of revolutions could indeed continue onward, a noted author and history professor recently told Raw Story. “One never says never,” he quipped. Juan Cole, author of “Engaging the Muslim World,” who also teaches…
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