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)

Co-directors argue for HDI over GDP on Fairness Doctrine on 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

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.

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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

Sarah Burd-Sharps explains deficiencies of GDP as an indicator on Your Call Radio on KALW-FM San Francisco (September 21, 2009)

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

September 18, 2009 – WWLTV

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