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ALEC legislator uses ‘Occupy pansy’ slur against activist
Georgia lawmaker and former national head of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Earl Ehrhart (R) is not taking kindly to attempts by citizen groups to shed light on his organization. In today’s Marrietta Daily Journal he lashed out at one activist in particular, calling him “some Occupy pansy sitting…
Black Congresswoman threatened after Beck website posts edited video
An African-American Congresswoman from New York was forced to call the police on Thursday after she says an edited video posted on Glenn Beck’s website incited threats of violence against her. Judith Kargbo, a spokeswoman for Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), confirmed to Raw Story that the Congresswoman’s office had asked…
Minnesota’s anti-abortion bill opens up a new front in the War On Women
Anti-abortion groups — who have long-considered medical, or pill abortions, to be one of the biggest threats to their movement’s demonization of abortion and the women who seek them — quietly opened a new front in state legislatures recently to de facto restrict or eliminate access to the less expensive,…
5 ways CISPA could be worse than SOPA for Internet activists
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) and the now-dead Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) are two very different beasts aimed at solving two distinctly separate problems, yet CISPA has been characterized in the media as a sequel to SOPA, in an effort to link a new and relatively…
Rick Santorum’s heavy investment in direct mail suggests big future plans
It’s not unusual for presidential candidates to spend heavily on direct mail — as of January, all of the presidential campaigns has spent $18.6 million on such services. But in the waning weeks of his campaign — even as insiders well calling on him to drop out — former Sen.…
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.”…
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