Joe Sims
LATEST ARTICLES BY Joe Sims
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With rise of Egypt, Glenn Beck’s popularity falls
February 4, 2011In response to the Egyptian uprising, Glenn Beck is getting crazier and more extreme than ever with predictions of a worldwide conflagration and implosion.
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Republicans set to kill mortgage assistance programs
February 3, 2011Republican members of Congress have set their sight on gutting assistance to troubled homeowners at risk of foreclosure.
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Groups protest GOP censorship at Smithsonian
February 2, 2011Angry protesters called for the resignation of the Smithsonian Institution's secretary G. Wayne Clough who, under pressure from Republican lawmakers and Catholic conservatives, took down a video exhibition by a gay artist who died of AIDS.
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Lawmaker panel faults “reckless” banks as causing great recession
January 27, 2011According to a federal panel, "reckless" banks and faulty regulators were the chief source of the recent crisis.
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Homelessness, poverty up across the country
January 14, 2011The Great Recession resulted in a significant increase in homelessness according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
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Banks seize over one million homes in 2010
January 13, 2011Banks seized more than one million homes last year, a new record - and are poised to seize more.
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Youth vote against the GOP
November 4, 2010By a stunning margin of 19 points, young people between the ages of 18 to 24 bucked the national GOP trend and voted for Democratic candidates Tuesday.
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One-half of black youth with diplomas jobless
November 3, 2010Already facing disproportionately high levels of unemployment due to systemic racial discrimination, the recession removed job opportunities for nearly half of those with diplomas and eligible for work.
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