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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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Published on: 7/13/2009
Most immigrants get limited mental-health care while in detention – and that's only if they're diagnosed. They aren't entitled to competency hearings before standing trial, and nd the majority of them face judges without legal counsel, and with little recourse to defend themselves. Texas Appleseed prepares to weigh in.
from deportation.
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Published on: 4/10/2009
Dallas Morning News: A report based on Appleseed's survey of payday borrowers in four Texas cities documents predatory practices and offers several reform proposals endorsed by House members.
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Published on: 4/10/2009
Houton Chronicle Texas Politics Blog: Several state legislators are uniting behind HB 3744, which would create accountability for the payday lending industry, develop a reasonable fee structure and start a system to collect consumer loan data
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Published on: 4/10/2009
Texas schools should use part of $2.2 million federal stimulus package to train teachers statewide in evidence-based classroom management strategies that benefit at-risk and special education students.
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Published on: 3/6/2009
Houston Chronicle: HUD approved Texas’ plan for spending $1.3 billion in Community Development Block Grant funds for housing and infrastructure repairs and public services related to Hurricanes Ike and Dolly.
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Published on: 2/16/2009
Dallas Morning News: In this op-ed piece, Texas Appleseed Executive Director draws attention to the deleterious practices of "credit services organizations."
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Published on: 5/18/2008
Houston Chronicle: Texas Appleseed Chair Ron Lewis co-authored this op-ed on Texas' foster care crisis.
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Published on: 12/3/2007
Houston Chronicle: Texas Appleseed has asked the Texas Youth Commission to recraft its rule on using pepper spray on juvenile inmates.
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Published on: 11/22/2007
Houston Chronicle: The newspaper cites problems with the "school-to-prison pipeline," studied by Texas Appleseed.
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Published on: 11/20/2007
Austin American-Statesman: This article covers testimony from Texas Appleseed's lawsuit against the Texas Youth Commission.
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