News

Also see the response from AHDP co-directors Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis.

Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2, 2010

“A new index fills in the portrait of human well-being”

The Star-Ledger (NJ), April 29, 2010

“Asians in Jersey get top marks for health and income”

ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, April 28, 2010

“100-Year Gap in Well-Being Between Haves and Have Nots in U.S. Population: New Study Finds Vast Differences in Quality of Life Within U.S. Population”

Scope, April 28, 2010

“Report reveals disparities in well-being among racial and ethnic groups in U.S”

Wall Street Journal, April 28, 2010

“Looking to Live Better? Move to New Jersey.”

The Huffington Post, April 27, 2010

“Health Care Reform Passed, Now What?“

The Atlantic, April 12, 2010

“‘Treme’: A Sharp Divide Between Rich and Poor”

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, March 22, 2010

“International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: a chance for grantmakers to consider racial equity”

Dubuqe Telegraph Herald, March 20, 2010

“Study indicates money can’t buy you longevity”

Queens Chronicle, March 4, 2010

“New Yorkers are living longer, study finds”

Stanford Social Innovation Review, March 3, 2010

The Right Measures

ASA Footnotes, Vol. 38, Issue 2 (Feb. 2010)

“The Measure of America: Introducing the American Human Development Project”

The Measure of America: Introducing the American Human Development Project

The American Reporter, February 17, 2010

“On the human scale, is America a lightweight?”

MÁS Magazine, February 4, 2010

“Vying for Votes”

Fresno Bee, January 15, 2010

“Rep. Costa faces threat from the left”

Testimony before Senate Judiciary Committee, December 16, 2009

Testimony of Wendy Pollack, Director, Women’s Law and Policy Project, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, for the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, December 16, 2009

Carnegie Ethics Online, December 4, 2009

Rationing Healthcare? We’re Already Doing It

Reuters, November 24, 2009

“A Paradox of Plenty – Hunger in America”

2010 Hunger Report, November 23, 2009

“On the Margins in Rural America: Crow Creek Indian Reservation, South Dakota”

Kaiser Health News, November 13, 2009

“In Rural Kentucky, A Surprising Twist On The Health Debate”

The New York Times, November 4, 2009

“Unhealthy America”

The Daily Comet, November 2, 2009

“Women Gaining Ground in the Oilfield”

The Huffington Post, October 22, 2009

“Damsel in Distress Seeks Better Policies, Bigger Paycheck, Prince Who Does Housework”

The Huffington Post, October 13, 2009

“Dropout Prevention Should Be Top of the Class”

The Dailykos, October 13, 2009

“In Louisiana, a Great Racial Divide”

LSU Tiger Weekly, October 7, 2009

“Baton Rouge: the best and worst place to live”

The Daily Comet, September 28, 2009

“A chance for real improvement”

The Huffington Post, September 28, 2009

“G-20 Missed the Point: The Real Wealth of Nations is People”

The Advertiser, September 25, 2009

“Time to Decolonize Louisiana”

Houma Today, September 23, 2009

“Report shows ‘huge’ disparities”

WWLTV, September 18, 2009

“Report: Life expectancy for African-Americans in N.O. rival that of some developing nations”

Hip Hop Wired, September 18, 2009

“New Orleans Blacks Don’t Live As Long As North Koreans”

The Huffington Post, September 18, 2009

“GDP an Inaccurate Measure of Stark Disparities in United States, Fails to Show Whole Picture in Louisiana”

Associated Press, September 17, 2009

“Baton Rouge gets best, worst rating in study”

The Times-Picayune, September 17, 2009

“Racial, economic disparities revealed in new report on living conditions in Louisiana”

The Huffington Post, September 17, 2009

“Lifespan of African-Americans in New Orleans Rivals North Koreans”

New York Times Economix Blog, September 17, 2009

“Unnerving Statistics”

Marketplace, September 14, 2009

“Sarkozy: GDP Is a Limited Measure”

New York Times Economix Blog, August 19, 2009

“Health Habits vs. Life Expectancy vs. Spending”

Philantopic, July 22, 2009

“Philanthropy In/Sight: Mapping the Future”

TheDailyTell, July 20, 2009

“Creating a world of good – Foundation Center presents interactive philanthropy visualization”

Tactical Philanthropy, July 15, 2009

“Philanthropy In/Sight: Mapping Foundations”

National Public Radio News Blog, July 14, 2009

“Black Kids Close the Gap in Reading: Still Trail Their Peers”

The Herald Dispatch, July 13, 2009

“Tool shows benefits of education in communities”

South Side News Leader, July 2, 2009

South Side Education News & Notes

The American Reporter, June 14, 2009

“On the Human Scale, is America a Lightweight?”

Hattiesburg American, June 14, 2009

“Study: Blacks in Pine Belt earn less”

Open Left, June 6, 2009

“The Human Development Index–A Better Measure Of Where We Stand”

The Map Scroll, June 5, 2009

“Some More Stuff From the American Human Development Project”

The Education Innovator, May 29, 2009

“What’s New: From the U.S. Department of Education”

The New York Times, May 27, 2009

“Going Back in Time: Progress, or Lack Thereof, Around the Country”

Show Me Progress, May 27, 2009

“Let them eat cake, educationally speaking”

New York Times Freakonomics Blog, May 22, 2009

“What Does the Human Development Index Measure?”

NewsOK, May 17, 2009

“Improving state’s future rests with more education”

Take Part, May 18, 2009

“Common Good Forecaster Measures Education and Well-Being”

Huffington Post, May 14, 2009

“We Can Pay for Education Today – Or Prisons Tomorrow”

USA Today, May 13, 2009

“Website estimates education’s effect on health, crime, income”

The Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2009

“Can America Fail?”

The New England Journal of Medicine, March 19, 2009

“The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008-2009″

The Nation, March 4, 2009

“America is #… 15?”

Talking Points Memo, February 9, 2009

“Measuring Up America”

Deseret News, February 8, 2009

“More families are struggling as the economic divide widens”

Facing South, February 2, 2009

“A Portrait of Mississippi: A new report shines light on poverty in the struggling state”

…and Another Thing, February 1, 2009

“The Measure of America….by Hugh Hamilton”

Talk Back! WBAI-New York, January 27, 2009

Interview with co-author Kristen Lewis on “A Portrait of Mississippi”

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, January 27, 2009

“Report Shows That Mississippi Blacks Have Worse Outcomes Than Whites on Some Quality of Life Indicators”

Vox, January 27, 2009

Mississippi Human Development Maps

Clarion Ledger, January 27, 2009

“Study: Life Span of Black Males in Miss. Shorter”

WLBT TV 6:00 News, January 26, 2009

Mississippi Report: “Rankin County has best quality of life”

The Globalist, January 3, 2009

“Favorite Books of 2008″ – #1

Gale Cengage Learning, December 2008

“Peter’s Digital Reference Shelf” Book Review

Larry Ferlazo, December 18, 2008

“The Measure of America” – Website of the Day

Health Affairs, December 2008

“Social Determinants of Health”

Huffington Post, December 5, 2008

“An Obama Holiday: What To Give A Progressive President And His Team”

Time Magazine, December 1, 2008

“5 Truths About Health Care in America”

Boston Review, November/December 2008

The Good Life

The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008-2009
Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis, and Eduarado Borges Martins
Columbia University Press, $24.95 (paper) Claude S. Fischer

Tampa Tribune, November 23, 2008

“Making Ends Meet In The Middle”

Boston Globe, November 18, 2008

“The Need to Combine Social and Health Policy”

Free Lance-Star, VA, October 26, 2008

“For Many Families, Gap’s Getting Wider”

Index Journal, SC, October 19, 2008

“Author Says Middle Class Status Not What It Used To Be”

Montgomery Advertiser, AL, October 19, 2008

“Watch Out For Pitfalls During Financial Turmoil”

Index Journal, SC, October 12, 2008

“Study Puts Focus on Improving Schools”

Reston Connection, VA, October 1, 2008

“Rail, Economy On Table”

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 25, 2008

“Health Care: The Other Answer”

Metro Spirit, GA, September 17, 2008

Metro Spirit Book Review

New York Times, August 31, 2008

“Hey Big Number, Make Room For The Rest Of Us”

International Herald Tribune, August 31, 2008

“Forming A More Perfect Measure”

Santa Monica Daily Press, August 20, 2008

“Improving the Human Condition”

Audio: Bread and Roses, KBOO, August 15, 2008

Interview with Co-Author Kristen Lewis

PolySigh, August 5, 2008

“The American Human Development Report”

Audio: Chicago Public Radio, August 4, 2008

“U.S. Lags Behind on Human Development Index”

Brattleboro Reformer, August 2, 2008

“A Measure of Who We Are”

Northwest Indiana and Illinois Times, July 28, 2008

“Quality of Life Study; Live Longer, Prosper Elsewhere”

Bakersfield Californian, July 26, 2008

“Poor Ranking A Part of Life for Kern”

Audio: Saturday Morning Talkies, KPFA, July 26, 2008

Interview with Co-Author Kristen Lewis

Step Forward, July 25, 2008

Commentary by the President of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Falls Church News-Press, VA, July 24, 2008

Congressman Jim Moran’s News Commentary

Los Angeles Times, July 23, 2008

“$217 Million per hour on healthcare, but U.S. still falls Short”

OC Register, July 22, 2008

“Study: Coastal OC Healthy, Wealthy, Wise”

Reuters, July 22, 2008

“Moderate and Lower Earners Under More Pressure”

BBC News, July 22, 2008

“US slips down development Index”

Audio: Day To Day, NPR, July 21, 2008

“Tough Economic Times in Fresno”

Creative Class, July 21, 2008

Commentary by Richard Florida

San Mateo Daily News, July 18, 2008

“Peninsula High in Human Development”

Bakersfield Now, CA, July 18, 2008

“New report ranks the San Joaquin Valley one of the nation’s Poorest”

Philanthropy News Digest, Foundation Center , July 18, 2008

“Human Development Project Introduces New Measurement of Americans’ Well-Being”

Audio: The Takeaway, PRI, July 18, 2008

Radio Interview with John Hockenberry

San Jose Mercury News, CA, July 17, 2008

“San Joaquin Valley ranks last in poverty Study”

Hickory Daily Record, NC, July 17, 2008

“The Measure of America: American Human Development Report 2008-2009”

Washington Times, July 17, 2008

“New Study Ranks U.S. Well-Being”

Independent (UK), July 17, 2008

“American Inequality Highlighted by 30-year Gap in Life Expectancy”

Time Magazine, July 17, 2008

“Measuring America”

Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2008

“Part of Central Valley ranks last in national study of quality of Life”

UK Guardian, July 17, 2008

“Development: US fails to Measure up on ‘Human Index’”

Daily Kos, July 16, 2008

“Hard to be an Optimistic American”

McClatchy Newspapers, July 16, 2008

“Results are in: California’s San Joaquin Valley is the Worst”

Tampa Tribune, FL, July 16, 2008

“Florida Ranks 24th in New Measure of U.S. Well-Being”

The Chronicle of Philanthropy, July 16, 2008

“Report Details Best and Worst U.S. Locations for ‘Human Development’”

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