Joe Sims
LATEST ARTICLES BY Joe Sims
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Opinion
Senate leader Mitch McConnell: Marijuana use risks death
March 15, 2012Has Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell been watching too many reruns of Reefer Madness?
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U.S.
Martin Sheen touts, Occupy Wall Street, Obama presidency
March 8, 2012Actor Martin Sheen credits the Occupy Wall Street movement with changing the debate in the country and creating a new framework for this year's election.
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Opinion
Disney uses black Princess Tiana character to sell watermelon candy
March 6, 2012And not only was Princess Tiana used to sell the Valentine treat. Alongside her a white Sleeping Beauty is used to sell vanilla candy.
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U.S.
Rev. Franklin Graham apologizes to President Obama for questioning his faith
February 29, 2012Rev. Franklin Graham has issued an apology for questioning President Obama's faith. The evangelist son of Billy Graham in an interview on Morning Joe, when asked about the president's faith, repeatedly said, "I don't know, ask...
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U.S.
First black actor to win an Oscar: Hattie McDaniel
February 29, 2012Roles in film for African Americans at the time were almost exclusively as maids and servants. McDaniel excelled at appearing in such roles, for which she received wide criticism.
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U.S.
Black and Latino seniors face double poverty rates
February 28, 2012A new report says that 19.4% of Black seniors and 19%t of Latino seniors have incomes below the federal poverty line, compared to 9.4% for the senior population as a whole.
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Opinion
Happy birthday, Marian Anderson! (with video)
February 27, 2012Mariann Anderson, the great contralto, perhaps the most renowned of the 20th century, would have been 115 years old today.
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World
Former IMF head Strauss-Kahn probed for ties to prostitution, pimping
February 23, 2012Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been arrested and released again, this time in connection with a prostitution scandal.
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