Stetson: What’s Really Behind the Jobs Numbers?
When I was young, I used to pretend I could control the outcome of Alabama football games from my distant perch in front of the TV. “If I can eat this hot dog before the first quarter ends,” I’d tell...
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How to Improve Ala.? Try Supporting Public Transit
Maybe you’ve been trying to make plans with some friends when one of them suggests, “I could just take the bus,” leading to eye-rolling and sighs all around. “Must not be from around here,” everyone...
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Punting on Alabama Prison Reform Will Have Costs
Spring cleaning sometimes turns up surprises. While reorganizing my desk recently, I found a 25-year-old report on one of today’s hottest policy topics: reform of Alabama’s overcrowded prison system....
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The Death Penalty Doesn’t Reflect Alabama’s Values
Executions have been on hold in Alabama since 2013 amid litigation about lethal injection and the chemicals used to kill. Next year, a federal judge will hear two challenges to Alabama’s lethal...
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Keep the Faith: The Lending Reform Movement in Ala. Will Win
It’s no secret that tremendous wealth can open doors, and you don’t have to look far to see the colossal power of money in the political process, both here in Alabama and across the country. In...
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‘Ban the Box’ Enhances Chances for Workers to Succeed
It’s rare to have a political revelation in the bread aisle. But two recent trips to the grocery store gave me a sense of a needed change in Alabama’s criminal justice system. Both Winn-Dixie and...
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