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Nickelodeon: No More 'Hobo' Jokes On iCarly

Joel John Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Icarly, Red Skelton, Santa Monica, Homelessness, Nickelodeon, Hobo, Richard Bloom, Impact News
Joel John Roberts

Nickelodeon, the network that airs the popular teen show, responded by pulling all references to "hobo" off their online media outlets and has committed to no new episodes referring to "hobo".

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'iCarly' -- Homelessness Is Not a Joke

Joel John Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Social Justice, Homelessness, Hobo, Miranda Cosgrove, Homeless, Icarly, Zach Bonner, Nickelodeon, Los Angeles, Impact News
Joel John Roberts

Today, when I see young Americans, at the sunrise of their adult lives, take steps toward embracing the path of injustice and malevolence, I am deeply saddened.

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A Jim Tully Revival: Hobo Author Back in Print

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book News, Harvey Pekar, Paul Bauer, Hobo, Beggars of Life, Books, Ken Burns, John Sayles, Jim Tully, Mark Dawidziak, Kent State University Press, Books News
Thomas Gladysz

Whether or not Tully's work will strike a chord with contemporary readers remains to be seen. Certainly, readers of Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, William Vollmann or Stephen Elliott will find something of interest in Tully's stories and prose.

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I Am Hobo

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Unemployment, Poverty, Humor, Congressman Heller, Spiritual, Washington D.C., Congress, Law Firms, Hobo, Politics News
Jack Schimmelman

As our culture wades deeper into an ever-deepening plume of darkness, Congressman Heller, Republican from Nevada, tells us that those who cannot find ...

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