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Free webinar on supportive services available for Nebraska students

Economic Justice / By Trisha Thompson / 04/25/2013

Nebraska Appleseed invites you to attend our upcoming webinar regarding supportive services for students in Nebraska, Extra Credit: A Guide to Resources for Non-Traditional, Parenting, and Low-Income Learners on Thursday May 2 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. James Goddard, director of Appleseed’s Economic Justice and Health Care Access programs will give you the information […]

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Harper’s Magazine goes undercover at Nebraska meatpacking plant

Immigrants & Communities / By ozabih / 04/24/2013

Over the weekend, the Lincoln Journal Star published an article about Tom Conover, an award-winning journalist, who went “undercover” as a USDA inspector in a Nebraska meatpacking plant and has recounted his experience in the May 2013 cover story for Harper’s Magazine. (Conover’s article, “The Way of All Flesh”, is available online with a Harper’s

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Legislative Update

Uncategorized / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 04/22/2013

New Medicaid program bill debated in Legislature LB 577, the bill to implement the Affordable Care Act’s new Medicaid option, took center stage in the Legislature this week. Senators engaged in day-long debate on April 16 and 17. LB 577 would provide affordable health care access to 54,000 Nebraskans while saving the state $2.4 million

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Project Everlast Takes on the Capitol

Child Welfare / By admin / 04/19/2013

The last Sunday in March was no ordinary day. That morning, I arrived bright and early at a 4-H camp in the middle of a forest. Only one thing could possibly have been worth pulling myself out of bed at 7:30 a.m. on the weekend and driving down I-80 in semi-blizzard conditions: Project Everlast’s very

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Nebraska Appleseed Statement on Senate Immigration Bill

Immigrants & Communities / By Nic Swiercek / 04/17/2013

Darcy Tromanhauser, Director of Nebraska Appleseed’s Immigrants & Communities Program, issued the following statement on today’s Senate immigration reform bill. “This is a historic moment as our country takes a long-overdue step toward modernizing our immigration laws,” Tromanhauser said. “This bipartisan bill would finally create a process for millions of aspiring Americans — people who

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Unsafe at These Speeds – Part 2

Immigrants & Communities / By ozabih / 04/16/2013

For the next few weeks, we will continue to take an in-depth look at the powerful new report from Southern Poverty Law Center and Alabama Appleseed, Unsafe at These Speeds, that exposes the dangers poultry plants pose to workers and consumers. This post will examine the second section of the report, which focuses on how

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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Indian Child Welfare Case

Child Welfare / By Robert McEwen / 04/15/2013

Written with Lyndley Schlepp Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl. This will be the second time the U.S. Supreme Court has heard a case on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) since the law’s enactment in 1978, and the decision is critically important for

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Medicaid Covers People in a Cost-Efficient Way

Health Care / By Nic Swiercek / 04/11/2013

The new Medicaid program offers Nebraska a way to provide health care to tens of thousands of people in our state who need it most. Next week, lawmakers will debate LB 577, which would implement the new Medicaid program in Nebraska. But why Medicaid? Basically, because Medicaid is the most cost-effective means of insuring low-income

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Nebraska delegation to attend A10 immigration rally in Washington

Immigrants & Communities / By Nic Swiercek / 04/09/2013

On Wednesday, thousands of people from across the country will come together in Washington, D.C., for the A10 Rally for Citizenship to call on Congress to pass modern, common-sense immigration laws that include a clear and inclusive concept of citizenship. Appleseed will accompany a Nebraska delegation of eight staff, partners, and friends to add our

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Wide variety of Nebraska perspectives call for immigration laws with path to citizenship

Immigrants & Communities / By Darcy Tromanhauser / 04/09/2013

Last week, more than 40 Nebraska organizations gathered at the Nebraska State Capitol to urge common-sense immigration laws that create a clear and inclusive path to citizenship for aspiring Americans. These 40 institutions represented a wide range of Nebraska perspectives, including faith, business, labor, immigrant, civic, civil rights, rural, children and families. Appleseed was proud

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