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Below are listed recent articles published by media and journals featuring Appleseed or Appleseed Centers. Entries can be located by both Center and date. To view a list of links to the latest media coverage of issues related to Appleseed projects, please click here.
To view an archive of Appleseed This Week, our weekly newsletter, click here.
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Appleseed in the News |
By SuperUser Account on
Published on: 2/27/2007
Featured in a new film, Walter Smith, executive director of DC Appleseed, speaks about DC Appleseed's HIV/AIDS research in the District.
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Published on: 2/23/2007
Edwin Darden, Appleseed's Education Policy Director, comments on new legal issues surrounding increased cell phone use among students.
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By SuperUser Account on
Published on: 2/21/2007
Georgia Appleseed has enlisted more than 130 lawyers from 10 Atlanta firms to overhaul Georgia's juvenile justice code, set to be the largest pro bono project in the state's history.
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By SuperUser Account on
Published on: 2/15/2007
With schools increasingly held accountable for the performance of every student, the demand to partner with parents has intensified. School plays and fundraisers supported by moms, dads, and grandparents are still staples of American public schools. But in the spirit of "it takes a village," families now might find such activities paired with a workshop on test-prep or a briefing on how to read state accountability reports.
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By SuperUser Account on
Published on: 2/8/2007
Many Washingtonians work full time and still struggle to afford basic necessities. A full-time minimum wage worker earns only $15,860 annually. Many of those workers are employed by small-business owners who want to provide a decent living for their workers but may lack the profits to pay higher wages or offer essential benefits.
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By admign on
Published on: 2/4/2007
A group pushing a "living wage" in Birmingham hopes a higher federal minimum wage will boost its efforts to ensure some workers earn enough pay for necessities such as food, housing, child care and utility bills.
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By SuperUser Account on
Published on: 2/4/2007
The District of Columbia's health director has launched a campaign to address what has been called an AIDS/HIV crisis in the nation's capital.
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Published on: 2/1/2007
Law firm Adams and Reese LLP is requiring all of its attorneys to conduct 10 hours of free legal work per year in 2007.
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By SuperUser Account on
Published on: 1/30/2007
Linda Singer was not looking for a new job, she said. She was not even looking to practice law anymore. She was running a nonprofit group in the District, and for years, she had told the state of New York -- where she had been admitted to the bar -- that she was retired from the law, with no intention of practicing again.
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By SuperUser Account on
Published on: 1/23/2007
It's hard to say what the bigger surprise is: that Linda Singer was picked as D.C. attorney general or what she's done since her appointment.
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