Dropout Prevention Should Be Top of the Class
October 13, 2009 – The Huffington Post
In Louisiana, a Great Racial Divide
October 13, 2009 – Daily Kos
Co-directors argue for HDI over GDP on Fairness Doctrine WDIS-AM Boston (October 1, 2009)
Sarah Burd-Sharps discusses A Portait of Louisiana on the Catholic Channel’s Just Love program on Sirius XM Radio, September 30, 2009
A chance for real improvement
September 28, 2009 – The Daily Comet
G-20 Missed the Point: The Real Wealth of Nations is People
As often happens, the just-completed Pittsburgh G-20 meeting ended with admirable pronouncements, among them, the “responsibility to invest in people by providing education, job training, decent work conditions, health care…and to fight poverty, discrimination, and all forms of social exclusion”. But with the near-exclusive use of GDP growth as the central measure of societal success, we risk falling short of these lofty goals by a long shot.
G-20 Missed the Point: The Real Wealth of Nations is People
September 28, 2009 – The Huffington Post
Report shows ‘huge’ disparities
September 23, 2009 – Houma Today
Sarah Burd-Sharps on Your Call Radio
Report: Life expectancy for African-Americans in N.O. rival that of some developing nations
September 18, 2009 – WWLTV