Following an acid bomb being hurled at a Muslim school in the Chicago suburb of Lombard, a spokesperson for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) told Raw Story that the number of attacks on American Muslims has escalated recently due in part to the Republican Party's "Islamophobia machine" encouraging a tiny minority of extremists toward increasingly violent behaviors.

An electronic road sign near the Mormon church's Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah shocked motorist on Wednesday with the message "God Hates Gays."

Scientists in New Zealand and Canada have found Stephen Colbert's concept of "truthiness" isn't just a late-night ruse to get laughs; the concept can also help explain how the human brain evaluates claims.

Though the military personnel who marched in uniform at San Diego's Pride Parade on Saturday received the most enthusiastic reception from the crowd of nearly 200,000 people, the dozens of believers who participated in the parade were fondly embraced as well.

[Disclaimer: The management ofRaw Story withheld publication of this piece until after the deadline for obtaining an out-of-state concealed carry permit in the state of Florida in time for the Republican National Convention had passed. Raw Story does not recommend that anyone unfamiliar with firearms carry one, and condemns all violence against others.]

The Courage Campaign and the super PAC American Bridge 21st Century have joined forces to produce "Mitt Gets Worse." The multimedia campaign seeks to warn LGBT Americans about the dangers that a victory this fall by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) could pose for them and their families, as well as to provide the means for voters to push back against the Romney campaign's message of intolerance.

For the second time in two days, Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked legislation aimed at making campaign groups more transparent.

A copyright specialist with The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) told Raw Story on Tuesday that music publisher BMG is abusing copyright law to censor former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) by asking Google to take down a campaign advertisement that featured several seconds of President Barack Obama (D) singing a tune by Al Green.

The author of a landmark study on how the recent decline in abuse of the opium-based painkiller drug OxyContin has driven up heroin addiction rates slammed the "utter failure" of the American drug war's myopic focus on "supply-side" strategies speaking to Raw Story this week, explaining that the strategy ultimately pushes addicts to embrace ever more dangerous drugs and increasingly destructive behaviors.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney may be guilty of federal felony if he lied to the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) about when he ceded control of Bain Capital, President Barack Obama's campaign suggested on Thursday.

House Republicans voted to repeal what they dub "Obamacare" in a 244-185 vote on Wednesday, even after the Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act last month.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reiterated her support for medical marijuana on Wednesday and indicated Democrats might be interested in taking changes to federal law after the election.

The House Judiciary Committee originally planned a Tuesday vote on its bill that seeks to ban abortion in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks. But the committee never took up the bill -- sponsored by a powerful subcommittee chairman -- during the session, and told Raw Story that it plans to consider the leg during the scheduled session, and a call to the committee revealed that the bill will be taken up "sometime in the near future."