Joe Sims
LATEST ARTICLES BY Joe Sims
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Corporate interests block jobs legislation
June 15, 2010Powerful corporate interests in Congress however are blocking jobs legislation.
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Slaves who built U.S. Capitol to be honored
June 14, 2010The U.S. Congress will acknowledge the role of slave labor in building the U.S. Capitol Building this week.
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Black Caucus members call for reform of ethics office
June 3, 2010Close to half the members of the Congressional Black Caucus have called for reform of the recently created Office of Congressional Ethics.
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Oil cleanup workers fight back against BP
June 2, 2010Workers struggling to stem the oil flow on the Gulf Coast are falling ill and some are filing class actions suits against BP.
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Outrage spurs BP boycott
June 1, 2010Outraged at the environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, a movement to boycott BP is growing across the country.
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Minority, women farmers’ discrimination suits near settlement
May 27, 2010U.S. government discrimination against minority farmers and women will be a thing of the past if the Obama administration has anything to say about it.
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Racial wealth gap quadruples in 20 years
May 26, 2010Capitalism is bad for working-class people. Unregulated capitalism is even worse.
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Public to Fox News: Drop Stossel
May 25, 2010News commentator John Stossel, formerly of ABC News and now working for Fox, has called for the repeal of the Civil Rights Act barring business from discrimination.
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