Joe Sims
LATEST ARTICLES BY Joe Sims
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U.S.
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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U.S.
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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U.S.
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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Opinion
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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U.S.
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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U.S.
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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U.S.
Routine teen-aged HIV test proposed by doctors
November 28, 2011The Center for Disease Control has called for universal testing of all patients between the ages of 16 and 64. However, the U.S. Public Health Service has not endorsed the proposal.
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U.S.
White House holds first policy conference on African Americans
November 16, 2011A recent White House conference on African American policy trumpeted the Obama administration's achievement in promoting programs beneficial to the black community.
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