Joe Sims
LATEST ARTICLES BY Joe Sims
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Pat Buchanan loses platform at MSNBC?
January 9, 2012Buchanan has not appeared on the network since October.
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White House announces youth summer jobs program
January 5, 2012With nearly half of all young people between the ages of 16 and 24 unemployed, the White House today announced the $1.5 billion initiative.
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Movement to end corporate personhood grows
January 4, 2012Overturning corporate personhood is a key legislative goal of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
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Bank pays biggest settlement ever in mortgage rip-off
January 3, 2012The Bank of America, just before Christmas, agreed to pay a $335 million settlement on behalf of its Countrywide financial unit for steering Black and Latino homeowners toward sub-prime loans.
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Senate to hold hearings on early voting restrictions
December 12, 2011As thousands of civil rights and labor groups marched in New York City against Koch brothers funded and GOP-led efforts to suppress voting rights, the U.S. Senate scheduled January hearings on the issue.
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Obama administration reverses Bush policy on affirmative action
December 5, 2011Affirmative action has received an important boost from the Obama administration.
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Two thirds of HIV victims in U.S. are untreated
November 30, 2011Only about a third of those in the U.S. with HIV are getting treated says the Centers for Disease Control.
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Black public workers first laid off by job cuts
November 29, 2011African Americans are experiencing the sharpest edge of layoffs of government and other public workers across the country
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