by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
March 12th, 2010 Alabama’s unemployment rate just hit 11.8 percent, the highest in 26 years. Meanwhile, 41 percent of people claiming unemployment benefits have been jobless for over seven months. In these times of high unemployment, many households that were once...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
March 10th, 2010 We are proud to unveil the winning logo for our Blueprints college access program: It is the design of Christopher Murphy, a senior in UAB’s graphic design department. Chris is a 27-year-old from Birmingham, and his design was chosen out of over 15...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
March 5th, 2010 Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal reported on well-intentioned programs that do more harm than good (“Doing Bad by Doing Good”). It recounted tales of projects gone wrong – unfinished toilets in Peru, stilettos and winter coats sent to post-tsunami...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
March 3rd, 2010 The White House announced yesterday that for the first time in over 40 years, the commerce department is adopting a new formula for measuring poverty. Called the “supplemental measure of poverty,” it will not replace the current official measure of...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
March 2nd, 2010 What’s one of the biggest reasons more Alabamians don’t go to college? Paying for it. Alabama has one of the country’s highest poverty rates at 16 percent, but the one of the lowest state budgets for need-based financial aid at just $3.35 million in...
