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Public policy barriers prevent far too many Alabamians from getting ahead. Our duty is to speak out against those barriers and identify solutions to give everyone an opportunity to reach their full potential. Check out our news releases and press statements about our research, organizing and advocacy for policies to make life better for Alabamians who are struggling to make ends meet.

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Alabama’s growing income gap is bad for its economy, report concludes

The widening income gap between the richest Alabamians and everyone else is reducing consumer spending and hurting the state’s economy, according to a new ACPP report released today as part of The State of Working Alabama 2014. Alabama is among the top half of states for the severity of its income inequality, and its income [...]
Issue
Economic Opportunity
Date
October 17, 2014
Author
Carol Gundlach
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Many Alabama Workers Have Little to Celebrate This Labor Day

This Labor Day will be a difficult one for many Alabama workers, according to a new ACPP report released today as part of The State of Working Alabama 2014. Unemployment remains high. Jobs have disappeared. Wages are stagnant. The wealth gap between the rich and everyone else has grown. And trends in unemployment, job loss, [...]
Issue
Economic Opportunity
Date
August 29, 2014
Author
Carol Gundlach
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ACPP Report: Alabama Workers to Feel Recession’s Fallout for Years

Many of the pathways Alabamians traditionally have used to get ahead have become more difficult to travel in the wake of the Great Recession, according to The State of Working Alabama 2011, a new Arise Citizens’ Policy Project report released today. Falling median household income, stagnating wages and soaring college costs have made it tougher [...]
Issue
Economic Opportunity
Date
November 1, 2011
Author
Chris Sanders
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ACPP Report: Recession Over, but Struggles Remain for Alabama Workers

Alabama’s unemployment rate doubled between 2008 and 2009, leading to more poverty, more uninsured residents and more economic insecurity for workers weathering the Great Recession, according to The State of Working Alabama 2010, a new Arise Citizens’ Policy Project report released today. Unemployment growth was swift and intense in Alabama last year, the report finds, [...]
Issue
Economic Opportunity
Date
November 18, 2010
Author
Chris Sanders