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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: 10/22/2009
In an op-ed piece for The Washington Post, DC Appleseed Executive Director Walter Smith explains how the nation's capital can reduce health insurance premiums for residents by distributing the excessive surplus of the region's largest insurer.
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Published on: 10/19/2009
AP: South Carolina lawmakers said recently that they are seeking to ensure that thousands of state residents receive extended unemployment benefits.
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Published on: 10/7/2009
Lincoln Journal Star: Production line speed remains brutally high in the meatpacking industry, and it might even be accelerating, say workers surveyed by Appleseed for a report that was recently released.
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Published on: 8/31/2009
DC Appleseed is concerned that proposed mandatory HIV testing in local jails will undermine the city's current voluntary testing, a hugely successful program in which 99 percent of inmates elect to participate.
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Published on: 8/26/2009
Echoing one of the recommendations put forth in Appleseed's 'Assembly Line Injustice' report , Immigration Judges, in order to promote independent decision-making, are seeking to get out from under the Department of Justice.
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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 the majority of them face judges without legal counsel, and with little recourse to defend themselves. Texas Appleseed prepares to weigh in.
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Published on: 7/2/2009
Despite the fears of pro bono advocates, the sagging economy thus far has not seemed to result in a shortage of volunteer service among legal professionals.
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Published on: 6/15/2009
With job options limited by the economic crisis, increasing numbers of young professionals are turning to volunteer positions, among them, pro bono fellowships within the Appleseed network.
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Published on: 6/15/2009
Appleseed, a national advocacy group, recommended Wednesday improving the country's beleaguered immigration court system by reforming, among other things, how judges are selected and promoting impartiality
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Published on: 5/5/2009
Appleseed and Fonkoze, Haiti's alternative bank for the organized poor, co-sponsored "Dollars and Diaspora," a financial literacy and empowerment conference in New York for Haitian community leaders. Reporting on the event, this op-ed piece highlights the importance of remittances, banking, microfinance, and other financial services.
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