August 21 • Credit union to offer program to make payday lenders obsolete Gallup [NM] Independent

Protection for soldiers' cash past due; Give the boot to predatory lenders, who strike gold near military bases Atlanta Journal-Constitution

August 17 • Payday Lender Check 'N Go Faces License Revocation, Fines For Collecting Multiple Checks To Cover Single Loans RTO Magazine

Poor pay more to live [Seattle] Herald Bulletin

Military takes on predatory lending Oregonian

Bi-Lo delaying N.C. credit card-Store wants to gauge reaction in S.C.; critics say fees are too high Charlotte Observer

August 16 • Study finds minorities pay higher . interest - Disparity with home loans worse in Jackson than anywhere in the country in some categories,organization says Clarion-Ledger

Bi-Lo's credit defers food bill -Some worry fees take advantage of low-income buyer [SC] Sun Times

State Governments Work to Improve Life for Military Families Expansion Magazine

Pentagon Opens War Against Predatory Lending [TX]Reality Times

Pentagon's plans to protect military target payday, other lenders Virginia Pilot

State [NC] leaders oppose H&R Block's refund anticipation loans Boston Globe

Bi-Lo offers grocery credit card for those short on cash [Columbia, SC] The State

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POLICY: Economic Justice

MCJ’s Consumer Legal Resource Center (CLRC) serves three missision areas: legal education and support, public advocacy, and impact litigation.

In the realm of legal education and support, the CLRC provides on the ground support for partner-sponsored CLE and general training events; develops “attorney-help” materials, model pleadings, and detailed intake forms for a variety of consumer claims; and, serves as a litigation support resource for partner attorneys and organizations.

On the public advocacy front, the CLRC monitors local print and other media throughout the state for consumer-related content; develops and submits pro-consumer opinion pieces and story ideas to media contacts; reaches out to both traditional and non-traditional partner organizations and stakeholders to advance consumer interests; and, addvocates in local, state, and federal for a for the enactment of pro-consumer reforms.

Finally, with respect to impact litigation, the CLRC partners with local and national experts in the consumer field to identify issues susceptible to court-imposed reform; develops and prosecute test cases; serves as local counsel for national partners in consumer-related litigation; and, offers assistance to partner attorneys and organizations in the prosecution of consumer-related appeals before the Mississippi Supreme Court.

All of the CLRC’s activities are geared toward developing not only pro-consumer legal capacity in the public and private bar but also consumer consciousness in the media and official policymaking organs.