Provider shortages and geographic gaps plague the early intervention system for NYC’s youngest learners

June 18, 2019 — Chalkbeat

Little and Late Help for the Youngest New Yorkers

June 17, 2019 — THE CITY / Measure of America

A Collaborative Response to Local Youth Facing Disconnection

June 7, 2019 — Columbia University

Here’s How We Can Boost Youth Unemployment

June 6, 2019 — Ozy

Opportunity Summit 2019

May 30, 2019 — The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

Can JCPS end a cycle of alternative school issues?

May 14, 2019 — Insider Louisville

Demanding equity: When do we stand up?

May 9, 2019 — Sonoma Valley Sun

San Diego Summit Aims to Connect Youth To Opportunities

May 2, 2019 — KPBS

‘Youth Disconnection’ Rate Down but Challenges Remain, Study Finds

April 26, 2019 — Philanthropy News Digest

The National Youth Disconnection Rate Continues To Fall, But Progress Has Slowed And The Rate For Black Youth Has Increased

April 25, 2019 — Yahoo Finance

Searching For Cuyahoga County’s “Disconnected Youth”

April 25, 2019 — ideastream

The Latino Community Foundation to Host 2019 Latino Policy Summit Calling on the Latino Community in California to Make Their Voices Heard in 2020

April 23, 2019 — BusinessWire

Exploring consensus across sectors for measuring the social determinants of health

April 2019 — SSM – Population Health [Scientific Journal]

The cost of youth unemployment

April 4, 2019 — Marketplace

When Should The City Be Allowed To Take Your Home?

March 25, 2019 — Bklyner

Disconnected Youth an Opportunity

March 24, 2019 — The Ledger Independent

On the Hunt for Open Data

March 12, 2019 — Medium

‘Disconnected Youth’ Is a Growing Crisis

February 28, 2019 — The Nation

Sonoma County’s divided rooms

February 20, 2019 — Cloverdale Reveille

Latino businesses are often denied funding — here’s one possible reason

January 25, 2019 — MarketWatch

Keep Disconnected Youth on Track for Their Sake and the Economy’s

January 9, 2019 — YouthToday

Which Americans have improved their well-being most since 2008?

December 14, 2018 — MarketWatch

Latinos in U.S. See Surge in Well-Being

December 14, 2018 — U.S. News & World Report

Community partner resources

December 3, 2018 — Illinois State University News

UM-Dearborn Convenes Opportunity Youth Forum Nov. 16

October 18, 2018 — Patch.com

Why youth are sitting out work, school focus of Friday forum at UM-Dearborn

November 14, 2018 — Crain’s Detroit Business

The Lingering Effects of Youth Experiencing Disconnection

October 18, 2018 — NextCity

For Immigrants, It’s Increasingly Home, Home In The ‘Burbs

October 10, 2018 — Urban Matters

America’s youngest working generation could become an economic powerhouse

October 10, 2018 — MarketWatch

KCRW Segment with MOA’s Kristen Lewis

October 10, 2018 — KCRW (NPR Los Angeles)

NPR Marketplace Interview with MOA’s Kristen Lewis

October 9, 2018 — NPR Marketplace

North Brooklyn Cops and Kids Bond Over NYPD’s Flag Football Initiative

October 5, 2018 — The Bushwick Daily

Hyatt Hotels Commit to Hiring 10,000 Opportunity Youth by 2025

October 1, 2018 — Odessa American Online

Working together 101: How academics and journalists can collaborate

August 27, 2018 — Reveal

Don’t believe the naysayers. California isn’t too big, too depopulated or too ungovernable

August 16, 2018 — Los Angeles Times

Harnessing the Power of Data: Stories from the Field & the Five Most Interesting Findings from “A Portrait of New York City 2018”

August 9, 2018 — Human Services Council and FPWA

Here’s How States Rank In Number Of At-Risk Youth

July 18, 2018 — Patch

Here’s How NC Ranks In Number Of At-Risk Youth

July 18, 2018 — Patch

The Latest

July 5, 2018 — New York Nonprofit Media

D.C. Central Kitchen will expand their services in response to youth crisis

June 28, 2018 — Patch

Digging Deeper to Focus on Solutions

June 28, 2018 — Digging Deeper to Focus on Solutions

Race, Gender & Salaries in NYC

June 18, 2018 — The Brian Lehrer Show – WNYC

Tailoring Reengagement Strategies For America’s ‘Opportunity Youth’

June 14, 2018 — CitiesSpeak

Center will provide second chance to young people adrift

June 9, 2018 — San Antonio Express-News

Atlanta job fair aims to show the power of an opportunity for younger workers

May 6, 2018 — CNBC

CBS News Radio Interview – Loneliness Study

May 1, 2018 — CBS News Radio

Young Americans are the loneliest, surprising study from Cigna shows

May 1, 2018 — USA Today

California not the model for America it thinks it is

April 28, 2018 — The San Bernardino Sun

Employers are offering jobs to struggling youths – if they can find a way to get there

April 24, 2018 — Commercial Appeal

America Is a Dangerous Place to Be a Kid

April 12, 2018 — The Nation

Indiana Among States With Shortest Life Expectancy

April 12, 2018 — WBIW

Great News For Californians When It Comes To Life Expectancy

April 6, 2018 — KSRO

Housing Matters: Chipping Away at School Segregation

March 31, 2018 — Norwood News

Five surprising takeaways from new data on youth disconnection in San Diego County

March 30, 2018 — San Diego Workforce Partnership

Facing dearth of skilled employees, STEMposium seeks to ‘light a fire’ in kids – especially girls

March 28, 2018 — The Bakersfield Californian

Close to Home: How to turn around our failing system of health care

March 17, 2018 — The Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Michigan should join 38 other states that register voters online

March 17, 2018 — Detroit Free Press

USA: Two economies, one nation

March 15, 2018 — CITY A.M.

Second Chances in the Era of the Jobless Future

March 5, 2018 — The Brooklyn Rail

Ka-Ching! 6 States With the Highest Average Income

February 28, 2018 — The Motley Fool

Californians Are Struggling to Pay for Rising Water Rates

February 27, 2018 — NewsDeeply

Californians struggle to pay for rising water prices

February 27, 2018 — The Weather Network

The life expectancy gap: Healdsburg highest, Russian River lowest

February 20, 2018 — Sonoma West Times & News

Business owners optimistic about future of Santa Rosa’s colorful Roseland district

February 4, 2018 — The Press Democrat

CommUNITY Mentoring seeks business mentors

February 2, 2018 — The Kent Island Bay Times and the Record-Observer

The Path of Opportunity, the Path of Despair: John King offers Urban Alliance a Tale of Two High Schools

February 1, 2018 — The 74

Letters to the Editor, Jan. 2 – 4

January 1, 2018 — The Sonoma Index-Tribune

In the new year, worry-free California has a lot to worry about

December 9, 2017 — The OC Register

Depression in late teens linked to high school drop out

December 9, 2017 — Business Standard

NYC’s high school wars: Helicopter parenting hits a new peak

December 9, 2017 — Salon

Depression in late teens linked to high school drop out

December 8, 2017 — Reuters

Stark results revealed in LA well-being and equity report

December 3, 2017 — Famagusta Gazette

Gap of well-being in Los Angeles County striking: report

December 2, 2017 — Xinhua

Press Kit: The Opportunity Project

November 30, 2017 — Military Technology

Open data tools promote Census awareness

December 2, 2017 — FCW Magazine

From disconnection to opportunity: Zip Code Project aims to reconnect the ‘disconnected youth’ of Arizona

November 30, 2017 — Cronkite News

Audio: KNX Radio Segment, Portrait of LA County

November 30, 2017 — KNX 1070 CBS Los Angeles

Audio: KPCC Radio Segment, Portrait of LA County

November 30, 2017 — KPCC Southern California Public Radio

South Bay Singled Out In Report On Extreme Income Disparity

November 30, 2017 — Redondo Beach Patch

New Study Reveals Sharp Contrasts in County Income and Quality of Life

November 29, 2017 — Los Angeles Business Journal

Some L.A. County cities scored highest in U.S. for ‘well being’ while others scored among lowest in new study

November 29, 2017 — Pasadena Star-News

New Report Shows LA County Has Highest and Lowest Levels of Wealth in US

November 29, 2017 — NBC Los Angeles

New Portrait of County Reveals Five ‘LAs’ from ‘Glittering’ to ‘Precarious’

November 29, 2017 — Santa Clarita Valley TV News

L.A. County Has Highest and Lowest Levels of Wealth In U.S.

November 29, 2017 — Latino Easter Group Publications News

Leon E. Panetta: National service and duty to country

November 25, 2017 — Santa Cruz Sentinel

Leon E. Panetta: National service and duty to country

November 25, 2017 — Monterey Herald

‘What We’re Hoping to Do Is Expose People to Global Approaches, Organizations’

November 17, 2017 — Youth Today

New York Times Highlights Nonprofits’ Value for Disconnected Youths

November 13, 2017 — Nonprofit Quarterly

Nonprofits Give ‘Disconnected’ Youths Another Chance

November 6, 2017 — The New York Times

Vigilance required for public pensions to reach full funding

October 27, 2017 — The Maui News

Can You Really Make Money While Doing Good?

October 25, 2017 — Marketplace

Malibu Life Expectancy Among Highest in LA County

October 22, 2017 — The Malibu Times

The state’s next governor should endorse New Mexico Development Accounts

October 15, 2017 — The Albuquerque Journal

Malibu real estate just got a new selling point — life expectancy

October 10, 2017 — The Real Deal

Disconnection in Michigan is still a community issue that needs to be addressed

October 4, 2017 – Michigan State University

Malibu: Top 5 Longest Life Expectancies In LA County

October 4, 2017 — Malibu Patch

LA County Life Expectancy Report Shows Big Gap Between Communities

October 4, 2017 — Redondo Beach Patch

You could live 15 years longer depending on your neighborhood

October 4, 2017 — KPCC

Our schools are focused on filling colleges, not jobs. Here are some ideas to fix that.

September 29, 2017 — The News & Observer

Fay Jones School Hosts Cooper Hewitt Exhibition ‘By the People: Designing a Better America’ Through Dec. 16

September 7, 2017 — University of Arkansas Newswire

Food deserts limit access to healthy foods for low-income people

September 6, 2017 — Colorado Springs Independent

Skills gap cited as challenge for W.Va.

September 1, 2017 — The Huntington Herald Dispatch

W.Va. hopes tech-voc education will remedy skills gap, opioid crisis

August 14, 2017 — HR Dive

Seeing Hope for Flagging Economy, West Virginia Revamps Vocational Track

August 10, 2017 — The New York Times

Health disparity across Petaluma

August 7, 2017 — Petaluma Argus Courier

Forging Connection for Disconnected Youth

July 31, 2017 — Local Initiatives Support Corporation blog

Hospital detachment eliminates river area advocacy job

July 25, 2017 — Sonoma West Times & News

Cottage Health Debuts Free Population Health Data Tools

July 22, 2017 — Noozhawk

Bank of America’s Student Leaders program connects community-minded teens to paid nonprofit internships and leadership development

July 22, 2017 — Valley News

Are Utah youth at risk?

July 20, 2017 — Deseret News Utah

Nearly Five Million Youth Are Out of School and Work. Here’s How Three Cities Are Planning to Reengage Them.

July 19, 2017 — CitiesSpeak

Redwood Empire Food Bank to offer pantry program at Roseland Elementary

July 17, 2017 — The Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Nearly one year on, Brooklyn neighborhood known as K2 zombie zone shows signs of change

June 28, 2017 — PIX 11

Temecula Student To Spend Summer Helping Others Through Prestigious Program

June 27, 2017 — Patch.com

Queen Creek’s Rangel one of five students honored by Bank of America

June 19, 2017 — Queen Creek Independent

Editorial: Leadership in the Springs

June 1, 2017 — The Sonoma Valley Sun

A Huge Dallas Fair Offers Jobs To Unemployed Youth — And A Chance Out Of Poverty

May 23, 2017 — KERA News

College-going rate tilts in right direction

May 9, 2017 — The Beckley Register-Herald

The Broken Promises of Choice in New York City Schools

May 5, 2017 — The New York Times

The Broken Promise of Choice in New York City

May 8, 2017 — Diane Ravitch’s blog

Scandalously Wide Graduation Gaps for Students with Disabilities Persist

May 8, 2017 — Nonprofit Quarterly

New York City Schools Teach Us about Choice

May 8, 2017 — Nonprofit Quarterly

Jail fees pile up for Sonoma County juvenile offenders

May 6, 2017 — The Santa Rosa Press Democrat

NYC’s School Choice Program Hasn’t Closed the Education Gap

May 5, 2017 — WNYC

Extreme academic sorting brings vastly different graduation rates in New York City high schools

May 5, 2017 — Chalkbeat

No longer a strictly urban problem, “disconnected youth” populations explode in rural areas

May 2, 2017 — High Plains Public Radio

‘Disconnected’ Young People

April 29, 2017 — The Longview News-Journal

Rising numbers of rural youth are unemployed and out of school, and it’s costing all of us

April 28, 2017 — PBS NewsHour

Disconnected Youth: Out of School and Out of Work in Rural America

April 27, 2017 — The Huffington Post

Young and out of work? Dallas job fair targets unemployed 16- to 24-year-olds

April 18, 2017 — Dallas News

Coalition of Top U.S. Companies to Host Texas’ Largest Opportunity Youth Hiring Fair on May 19

April 18, 2017 — 100,000 Opportunities Initiative

Social Science Research Council to Develop New Interactive Site for NYC Metro Area Health Data

April 17, 2017 — The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

There are more 16-to-24-year-olds not working or in school in San Diego than you might think

April 14, 2017 — The San Diego Union-Tribune

Report: 43,000 Young People Not Working Or Going To School In San Diego County

April 12, 2017 — KPBS

How Phoenix stopped being worst in the country for teens

April 7, 2017 — The Arizona Republic

Report: Poverty Plagues Thousands Of Louisville Children

March 29, 2017 — WFPL

Let’s Add Some Nuance to the ‘Two Americas’ Narrative

March 24, 2017 — New York Magazine

Discussing Disconnected Youth Data and Reengagement Strategies

March 18, 2017 — The Annie E. Casey Foundation Blog

Disconnected youth: Growing up jobless and rootless in rural America

March 9, 2017 — Yahoo News

The Demographics of Disconnected Youth

March 8, 2017 — U.S. News & World Report

Free Online Data Tools Provide Powerful Statistics for Funding Applications

March 1, 2017 — Family & Youth Services Bureau

Brooklyn Community Services Produces Short Documentary Video “Breaking the Stigma of Mental Illness”

February 15, 2017 — Benzinga

Demography In Action: Auspicious Developments

February 6, 2017 — The Broadsheet

Brooklyn Community Services Explores Gentrification with “The Forgotten Farragut” – A Short Documentary Video

February 3, 2017 — Benzinga

Restaurants role in saving youth and communities

January 19, 2017 — Delaware Online

Health Literacy: Sonoma County Library has your health in mind with comprehensive program

January 18, 2017 — North Bay Bohemian

New figures show county falls short on opportunity

January 12, 2017 — Yamika Herald

Connecting the Dots Towards Well-Being

January 9, 2017 — Meeting of the Minds

Good news and happy thoughts

January 6, 2017 — The Sonoma County Sun

A healthy 2017 for everyone in Sonoma County

January 1, 2017 — The Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Audio: ‘By the People’ Showcases Sustainable Design in America, The Leonard Lopate Show

December 21, 2016 — WNYC

Where Washington’s opportunity is growing — and stalled

December 20, 2016 — The Seattle Times

White Resentment on the Night Shift at Walmart

December 17, 2016 — The New York Times

Demography In Action: The Kids Are All Right

December 14, 2016 — The Broadsheet

Vermont #1, but nation’s ‘Opportunity Score’ stalls

December 14, 2016 — The Vermont Business Magazine

After Five Years of Progress, Nation’s Opportunity Score Stalls

December 13, 2016 — Yahoo Finance

American Opportunity Stalls: ‘We’re Not as Connected to Each Other’

December 13, 2016 — The Wall Street Journal

Does Mass. still have one of the highest life expectancies in US?

December 8, 2016 — The Boston Globe

More Americans have jobs, yet inequality is increasing nationally

December 8, 2016 — The Huffington Post

Santa Rosa program helps Latinos battle diabetes, heart disease

November 30, 2016 — The Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Island veterans offered new hope for jobs, education

November 20, 2016 — SILive.com

Addressing the Achievement Gap in Our Schools

October 22, 2016 — The Sonoma County Gazette

$350,000 grant will help prepare disconnected youth for careers

October 17, 2016 — The Arizona Education News Service

The Power of Opportunity: An Interview with Alan Khazei

September 29, 2016 — The Huffington Post

2016 Summit precedes historic Census news; encouraging movement in Congress

September 29, 2016 — The Huffington Post

Get fit, healthy for free at Sonoma County libraries

September 28, 2016 — The Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Young and Adrift: Measuring Youth Disconnection in America Today

September 26, 2016 — The Huffington Post

A picture worth examining

September 21, 2016 — Lagniappe Weekly

The Best and Worst States for Health Care

September 12, 2016 — Pharmacy Times

Our opportunity nation

September 9, 2016 — The Boston Globe

Tech Training Program Reaches Out to ‘Opportunity Youth’

August 22, 2016 — Youth Today

Starbucks Brings Job-Training Program to Phoenix to Re-Engage ‘Disconnected Youth’

August 22, 2016 — Phoenix New Times

How To Address the 14% of Young People Who Neither Work Nor Attend School

August 16, 2016 — The Rivard Report

Young Atlantans Get a Jump-Start to Tech Jobs

August 11, 2016 — Next City

The Jewish Community Federation Launches Seminal Bay Area-wide Jewish Community Study

August 2, 2016 — Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco

Whole Foods and Whole People: Detroit Food Academy Helps Kids Develop More Than Job Skills

July 28, 2016 — Youth Today

Teens Need Jobs, Too

July 27, 2016 — The Detroit News

7 Steps Philanthropy Can Take to Bring the SDGs Home to America

July 19, 2016 — Huffington Post

Opening Doors for Disconnected Youth in Philly

July 12, 2016 — Next City

County’s Food Action Plan is Failing to Address Inequality

July 12, 2016 — Sonoma Sun

Cities With the Most Idle Youth

June 25, 2016 — 24/7 Wall Street

Why U.S. Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development Goals Seriously

June 21, 2016 — Philanthropy New York

Queens Graduation Rates Are High, Says DOE

June 15, 2016 — Queens Gazette

Dissatisfaction With Malloy, Life In Connecticut Hit Record Lows in Poll

June 9, 2016 — Hartford Courant

Chattanooga Nonprofit Packs Out Job Fair to Make Dent in High Percentage of Disconnected Youth

June 6, 2016 — Chattanooga Times Free Press

Does School Choice Help Close the Graduation Gap?

May 26, 2016 — The Progressive

High Schoolers in Northeast Queens are Third Most Likely to Graduate On Time in NYC

May 12, 2016 — QNS

Time to Reform Universal High School Choice

May 11, 2016 — NY Slant

Study: Poverty Plays Big Role in City Grad Rate Gaps

May 11, 2016 — NY1

New York City Families Spend Millions of Hours Choosing High Schools, and Students from Poor Neighborhoods Finish Last: Report

May 11, 2016 — Chalkbeat

New Study Finds Where You Live Impacts Your Graduation Rate

May 11, 2016 — News PIX 11

School Choice Hasn’t Fixed Graduation-Rate Inequity in N.Y.C., Study Says

May 11, 2016 — Education Week

Study Shows Huge Neighborhood Disparities In NYC HS Graduation Rates

May 11, 2016 — Gothamist

Your Neighborhood Determines Your Child’s High School Grad Rate, Study Says

May 11, 2016 — DNAinfo

These Neighborhoods Have the Best HS Graduation Rates

May 11, 2016 — New York Post

The Problem That School Choice Has Not Solved

May 11, 2016 — The Washington Post

NYC Students More Likely to Graduate High School On Time if They Live in Wealthier Neighborhoods

May 11, 2016 — New York Daily News

New York City’s Stubborn Graduation Gaps

May 10, 2016 — The Wall Street Journal

Phoenix Leaders Call On Businesses, Nonprofits To Hire Young Interns

April 21, 2016 — KJZZ

Cooper Hewitt to Present “By the People: Designing a Better America”

April 19, 2016 — Cooper Hewitt

Finding Consensus on How to Measure Progress Against Poverty and Inequity

April 14, 2016 — Humanosphere

New Phoenix High School for Opportunity Youth Breaks Ground Thursday

April 6, 2016 — Arizona Education News

Will Local Voters Support a Tax for Universal Preschool?

April 5, 2016 — The Press Democrat

With Nuisance Laws, Has “Serve and Protect” Turned Into “Silence and Evict”?

March 25, 2016 — MSNBC

Council Member Cornegy to Hold State of the District Address in Crown Heights

March 18, 2016 — The Brooklyn Reader

Former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Will Help Dropouts in Violence-Plagued Chicago Find Jobs

March 17, 2016 — Los Angeles Times

Secretary Arne Duncan Joins Emerson Collective to Help Disconnected Youth in Chicago

March 17, 2016 — Emerson Collective

America’s Promise Alliance Welcomes Measure of America

March 15, 2016 — America’s Promise Alliance

Smog Rejoices as Republicans Take LA’s Top Air Quality Agency

March 11, 2016 — Wired

12 Data Tools to Help Americans Climb the Economic Ladder

March 8, 2016 — CityLab

The Economic Divide Comes to Sonoma County

February 29, 2016 — The Press Democrat

Memphis FAFSA Drive Seeks to Build City’s College-going Culture

February 4, 2016 — Chalkbeat Tennessee

The War in San Bernardino

January 31, 2016 — Bloomberg View

Serfs Up with California’s New Feudalism

January 31, 2016 — The Orange County Register

Phoenix Offers Free Diploma Program for High School Dropouts

January 29, 2016 — The Arizona Republic

Report: BX neighborhoods lead in NYC jail rates

January 21, 2016 — News 12: The Bronx

New Website Shows Crotona Park East and Morrisania in the Bronx Have City’s Highest Rate of Jailed Residents

January 19, 2016 — New York Daily News

Trump Wants To ‘Make America Great Again,’ But What Does That Really Mean?

Jan 15, 2016 — WBUR: Cognoscenti

DATA2GO.NYC Visualization Challenge

January 7, 2016 — Dexigner

Report: Opportunities Sluggish in Region; Behind State, National Levels

December 31, 2015 — The Utica Observer-Dispatch

Poverty Increasing for Latinos in Sonoma County

December 28, 2015 — The Press Democrat

Merced Climbs List of ‘Best-performing Cities,’ Research Firm Says

December 22, 2015 — Merced Sun-Star

How to close NYC’s lifespan gap? The answer may surprise you

December 18, 2015 — Crain’s New York Business

Mapping Our Community: Youth, Education, and the Labor Force

December 17, 2015 — Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Charting New Pathways Out of Poverty

December 14, 2015 — Stanford Social Innovation Review

Race, Class, and Health in the 21st Century

December 10, 2015 — National Review

You Could Win $2,000 for Playing Around with this Data Map

December 9, 2015 — BrickUnderground

Philly Fed’s Harker: Raise Interest Rates; Growth to be Modest; Maybe Hidden

December 4, 2015 — Philly.com

Connecticut Ranks 3rd In ‘Opportunity Index’

December 1, 2015 — Hartford Courant

From Foreclosure to Homelessness, Now You Can Map NYC’s Problems

December 1, 2015 — City Limits

Let’s Do More To Connect With Youth

November 27, 2015 — WBUR: Learning Lab

Close to Home: Addressing Disparities in Our Local Schools

November 12, 2015 — The Press Democrat

Top Cities for Asians, Blacks and Latinos for High-Paying Work

November 9, 2015 — National Journal

Expand Opportunity for ‘Disconnected Youth’ in Iowa

November 7, 2015 — The Des Moines Register

New Momentum Enabling an Outcomes Mindset in Government and the Social Sector

November 6, 2015 — The White House

Starbucks Brings National Job Push for Millennials to Phoenix

October 30, 2015 — The Arizona Republic

Track Income, Crime, Rents, and More With the NYC Data Map to End All Data Maps

October 29, 2015 — BrickUnderground

ASU, Partners Team Up to Bring Jobs to Underemployed Youth

October 29, 2015 — ASU News

New City Data Portal Highlights Inequality, Opportunities

October 28, 2015 — Politico New York

This Map Breaks Down NYC’s Quality of Life, Block By Block

October 28, 2015 — Bedford+Bowery

Starbucks Youth Jobs Initiative Comes to Phoenix

October 22, 2015 — ABC15 Phoenix

Companies Target Phoenix’s “Disconnected Youth” Population at Job Fair

October 22, 2015 — Cronkite News

Congressman Ruben Gallego’s Phoenix District Has Nation’s Highest Rate of Unemployed, Not-in-School Youth

October 22, 2015 — Phoenix New Times

Florida Needs to Address its Deficit in Providing Opportunity

October 15, 2015 — Orlando Sentinel

When It Comes To Economic Opportunity, It Can Depend On Your ZIP Code

October 14, 2015 — KERA News

Opportunity Index Details County’s Shortcomings

October 12, 2015 — The Brownsville Herald

Good News, Bad News for Cameron County: Opportunity Index Shows County’s Ups and Downs

October 11, 2015 — Valley Morning Star

How Cities are Changing Their Thinking on Disconnected Youth

October 8, 2015 — Living Cities

Vermont Still Ranks First, but US ‘Opportunity’ Shows Increasing Poverty, Income Inequality

October 6, 2015 — Vermont Business Magazine

Want to Get Ahead? Live in the Right ZIP Code

October 6, 2015 — CBS News

Opportunity Varies by Region in MD

October 6, 2015 — The Baltimore Sun

Study: R.I. Trails N.E. States in Opportunity Index

October 6, 2015 — Providence Journal

R.I. Improves to No. 25 on National Opportunity Index

October 6, 2015 — Providence Business News

Building Community Through Family

October 2, 2015 — Sonoma Valley Sun

Starbucks-Coalition to Target Phoenix Jobless Youth

September 17, 2015 — USA Today

School for ‘Disconnected Youth’ May Come to South Phoenix

September 11, 2015 — The Arizona Republic

The Lingering Recession

September 6, 2015 — The Journal Gazette

Connecting Disconnected Youth

September 4, 2015 — Huffington Post

The Death of the Summer Job

September 1, 2015 — The Takeaway

Nancy Called 911 On Her Abuser — Then Got Evicted For It

September 1, 2015 — Refinery 29

ACLU of Arizona Sues City of Surprise Over an Ordinance That’s Pretty Terrible to Domestic Violence Victims

August 28, 2015 — Tuscon Weekly

New Orleans’ Switch to Charter Schools After Katrina: a ‘Takeover’ or a Success?

August 27, 2015 — The Guardian

The Myth of the New Orleans School Makeover

August 22, 2015 — The New York Times

‘Disconnected Youth’ Rates Have Declined Since the Great Recession, Principally Among Hispanics

August 18, 2015 — Latin Post

Starbucks Founder Brews Up a Winner With Hiring Pledge

August 15, 2015 — Providence Journal

SV Fund Sets Grant Info Meeting

August 13, 2015 — Sonoma Index-Tribune

CEOs Promise All-in Commitment to Cut Youth Unemployment

August 13, 2015 — USA Today

12 Major Companies Join Starbucks 100,000 Youth Jobs Push

August 4, 2015 — USA Today

Teens For Hire: The Decline in Summer Jobs

August 3, 2015 — NPR: The Kojo Nnamdi Show

Sonoma Valley Fund Rolls Out New Grants Program

August 2, 2015 — Sonoma Valley Sun

Special Report: Disconnected Youth in Kern County

July 29, 2015 — CBS Bakersfield

Report: Chattanooga Area is High in ‘Disconnected Youth’

July 25, 2015 — Chattanooga Times Free Press

Starbucks Leads Initiative to Hire 100,000 Young Minority American Workers

July 17, 2015 — Asian Journal

One Major Missing Link to Solving Youth Unemployment: Corporations

July 16, 2015 — The Atlantic: CityLab

Coalition of 17 Major Companies Commits to Hiring Disconnected Youths

July 14, 2015 — The Denver Post

American Corporations Like Starbucks, Wal-Mart Promise to Help Unemployed Young People

July 13, 2015 — boston.com

Starbucks is Rounding Up Employers to Hire America’s ‘Lost Generation’

July 13, 2015 — The Washington Post

US big businesses to hire 100,000 young people under Starbucks CEO plan

July 13, 2015 — The Guardian

Starbucks-led Coalition Commits to Hiring 100,000 Disconnected Youth

July 13, 2015 — USA Today

Connecting Young People With Jobs

July 13, 2015 — The New York Times

Close to Home: A Token Living Wage Ordinance for County

July 11, 2015 — The Press Democrat

Closing Baltimore’s ‘Opportunity Deficit’

July 10, 2015 — The Baltimore Sun

The Numbers Crunch: Once Youths Go Off Track, It’s Hard to Get Back On

July 10, 2015 — The Sacramento Bee

1 in 6 Latino Youths “Disconnected” from Work, School

July 10, 2015 — Hola! Arkansas

Blueprint For Prosperity: Mayor Wharton Works To Reduce Memphis Poverty

July 9, 2015 — Fox Memphis

A Mismatch Between Need and Affluence

July 8, 2015 — The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Tobacco Retail Licensing (TRL) Ordinances Protect the Health of Our Youth

July 8, 2015 — Sonoma County Gazette

Nashville’s Lost Generation Misses Out on Economic Boon

July 6, 2015 — The Tennessean

Reconnecting Youth in America’s Cities

July 2, 2015 — Stanford Social Innovation Review

Salvation Army in Los Banos to launch GED program

July 2, 2015 — Merced Sun-Star

Community Action from Shared Understanding: A Case Study in Sonoma County

June 30, 2015 — Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

Neighborhoods: Stepping Stones or Millstones for Kids

June 30, 2015 — Huffington Post

For Black Homeowners, Great Recession Has Not Receded

June 30, 2015 — New Pittsburgh Courier

Editorial: Disconnected Youth

June 25, 2015 — Houston Chronicle

The Progress We’ve Made Is Vulnerable, Unless We Act to Protect Future Generations

June 24, 2015 — The Huffington Post

Inside the “Portrait of Sonoma County”

June 24, 2015 — KRCB

Whites Recovered from Recession Faster Than Blacks: Report

June 23, 2015 — MSNBC

Great Recession Placed Black Homeowners At ‘Severe’ Economic Disadvantage

June 23, 2015 — Tuscon Weekly

Black Homeowners Were Grievously Damaged by the Recession

June 23, 2015 — Gawker

Don’t Forget, One State Still Has the Confederate Battle Flag on Its Official State Flag

June 22, 2015 — News.Mic

The Cost of Letting Young People Drift

June 20, 2015 — The New York Times

How America Is Failing Its Youth

June 18, 2015 — The Huffington Post

Report: Memphis Youth Most Frequently Not in School or Working

June 17, 2015 — Chalkbeat Tennessee

14% of Louisville’s Young People Are Unemployed and Not in School, Study Says

June 17, 2015 — WFPL

Memphis has Highest Percentage of ‘Disconnected Youth’ in Nation

June 16, 2015 — The Commercial Appeal

Mapping Where America Is Failing Its Youth

June 16, 2015 — The Atlantic: CityLab

Morning Education Roundup

June 16, 2015 — Politico

How The Disadvantages Caused By Residential Segregation End Up Costing Billions

June 12, 2015 — Forbes

No Job, No School: Report Looks At ‘Disconnected’ Youths And Finds Good Things In Connecticut

June 12, 2015 — Hartford Courant

Jóvenes Desconectados: un fenómeno social que también afecta a los latinos de Houston

June 11, 2015 — La Voz de Houston

Bakersfield Home to Large Population of ‘Disconnected Youth’

June 11, 2015 — KQED

‘Youth disconnection’ Varies Widely in State

June 11, 2015 — The Sacramento Bee

Disconnected: 1 in 5 Black Youths neither Working nor in School

June 11, 2015 — CNN Money

How America’s Cities ‘Disconnect’ Youth

June 11, 2015 — The Atlantic

Nearly 1 in 6 Latino Youths “Disconnected” From Work, School: Report

June 10, 2015 — NBC News

Two Americas: A Better Way To Measure How We Are Really Doing

June 4, 2015 — WBUR: Cognoscenti

Practical Strategies for Building a Bigger Tent

June 2, 2015 — The Huffington Post

Sonoma County Funds First 5 Preschool Program

May 21, 2015 — Sonoma County Gazette

What is Sonoma Valley’s Future?

May 21, 2015 — Sonoma Index-Tribune

Rep. Issa Says America’s Poor Are “Envy of the World”; Must Be Proud of California’s

May 12, 2015 — AllGov California

How Latinos’ Health Thrives Despite Persistence Of Poverty

May 6, 2015 — La Voz de Houston

California: The Nation’s Most Unequal State

May 5, 2015 — CNN Money

NYC Fares Better Than Nation In Infant Mortality Rates

May 5, 2015 — amNewYork

Rural Lags in ‘Well Being’, Says New Study

May 4, 2015 — The Daily Yonder

The Quality of Life

May 1, 2015 — Valley Morning Star

Study: Connecticut Is The Best State

April 30, 2015 — Hartford Courant

When it Comes to Well-Being, Seattle’s Doing Pretty Well

April 29, 2015 — Curbed Seattle

The Well-Being Of All 436 U.S. Congressional Districts, Mapped And Indexed

April 29, 2015 — Fast Company

Lancastrians Live Five Years Longer Than Most Philadelphians

April 27, 2015 — LancasterOnline

Maine’s 2nd District Lags Behind the 1st—and the U.S.—On Social Measures

April 27, 2015 — centralmaine.com

More Than Quarter of Adults In Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties Smokers

April 25, 2015 — WWNY-TV

Want to Live Longer? Move to Lancaster

April 24, 2015 — Philadelphia Magazine

How’s the Economy In Your Corner of America?

April 24, 2015 — Wall Street Journal

‘Geographies of Opportunity’ Study Ranks U.S. Congressional Districts

April 24, 2015 — KJZZ

In S.F., the Good Times Roll—Right Over the Unlucky

April 24, 2015 — San Francisco Chronicle

Latinos Boost Life Expectancy Rates In Congressional Districts According To Study

April 23, 2015 — San Antonio Express-News

The Geography of Well-Being

April 23, 2015 — The Atlantic

Education’s Tie to Overall Well-being Is Pretty Clear In These Texas Maps

April 23, 2015 — Houston Chronicle

Capital Data: Well-Being in New York’s Congressional Districts

April 23, 2015 — Capital New York

If You Live In One of 3 N.J. Congressional Districts, You’re Near the Top of This Well-Being Chart

April 22, 2015 — NJ.com

The South Is Not Rising Again

April 22, 2015 — U.S. News and World Report

Measure of America Releases New Human Development Report on U.S. Congressional Districts

April 22, 2015 — United Ways of California

Eastern Massachusetts Beats Out West in Human Development, Nationwide Study Says

April 22, 2015 — MassLive

The Overwhelming Whiteness of America’s Unhealthiest Place

April 22, 2015 — The Washington Post

A Look At How You’re Doing Based On Where You Vote

April 22, 2015 — Marketplace Morning Report

Growing Inequity Visible in Merced County, Report Shows

April 2, 2015 — Merced Sun-Star

On Campus: Central Valley Needs More Grads, Good Jobs to Keep Them Here

April 1, 2015 — The Modesto Bee

Waiting for Daniel

April 1, 2015 — National Journal

Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) Redistricting

March 22, 2015 — Sonoma County Gazette

What If Education Reform Got It All Wrong in the First Place?

March 18, 2015 — Pacific Standard

Southeast Santa Rosa Meets Southwest!

March 14, 2015 — Santa Rosa Southeast Greenway

Why Health Data Matters: A User’s Perspective

March 11, 2015 — HealthData.gov

West Virginians Look Toward The Sun, Say No To Coal, Fracking

February 19, 2015 — MintPress News

White People Are Far More Likely to Get a Loan and Own a Home in Los Angeles

February 9, 2015 — Curbed LA

North-South Divide Profound in S.B. Well-Being Study

February 8, 2015 — Santa Barbara Independent

Domestic Violence: Silence is its Greatest Ally

February 3, 2015 — The Huffington Post

Sonoma County – Update on NOW 2015 State of the County

February 1, 2015 — Sonoma County Gazette

A Refreshing Outlook for Sonoma County

January 23, 2015 — The Press Democrat

The States of Our Union … Are Not All Strong

January 20, 2015 — Politico Magazine

Portrait of Lower Russian River Community Health and Well-being

January 7, 2015 — Sonoma County Gazette

Close to Home: Resolved: Support the Community

December 28, 2014 — The Press Democrat

Closing The Data Loop

December 16, 2014 — Markets for Good

‘First Look’: New Report on Kern Shows Areas for Improvement but also Provides Solutions

December 15, 2014 — The Bakersfield Californian

Well-being: How Does San Diego Measure Up?

December 15, 2014 — U-T San Diego

Sonoma County Supervisors to Weigh Preschool Expansion

December 13, 2014 — The Press Democrat

The Five Californias Revisited

December 13, 2014 — The Madera Tribune

California’s Future Hinges On Latinos’ Well-Being: Report

December 12, 2014 — NBC News

Los Angeles is the Most Unequal Place in California

December 11, 2014 — LA Curbed

Residents in Southwest, North Long Beach Earn Less Than Eastsiders, Study Finds

December 11, 2014 — Orange County Register

Measure of America’s A Portrait of California 2014–2015

December 10, 2014 — The California Endowment

Whites Earn Twice as Much as Latinos in L.A.

December 10, 2014 — LA Weekly

Latinos Get Lowest “Well-Being” Score In California

December 9, 2014 — BuzzFeedNews

Measuring Human Progress

December 9, 2014 — Stanford Social Innovation Review

Arizona Organizations Work To Reduce The Number Of Disconnected Youth In The Valley

December 3, 2014 — KJZZ

Data Tools for Policymaking: The Opportunity Index

November 18, 2014 — The Progressive Pulse, North Carolina Policy Watch

ICAN Addressing Homeless Youth Education in Chandler

November 17, 2014 — The Arizona Republic

Zane Delivers Health Action Report to Rohnert Park

November 7, 2014 — The Community Voice

Phoenix Out to Reduce Economic, Human Cost of Disconnected Youth

October 23, 2014 — Cronkite News

10 Best & Worst States for Education – Is Yours on the List?

October 22, 2014 — The Stir

These Are The States Where Kids Have The Best Opportunities In Education

October 21, 2014 — The Huffington Post

Opportunity Increases Nationwide Since 2011, Yet Many Americans Are Still Left Behind

October 20, 2014 — Digital Journal

Educational Opportunities Grow, But Millions Still Out of School, Out of Work

October 20, 2014 — US News

Microsoft CEO Apologizes for Gender Pay Gap Comments

October 10, 2014 — CNBC

Campaign to “Fight for $15!” in Sonoma County

October 3, 2014 — Sonoma County Gazette

Nonprofits Can Use ‘Portrait of Sonoma’ to Paint a New Future

October 2, 2014 — Sonoma Valley Sun

Blueprint Sought to Address Disparities for Latino Community

October 2, 2014 — The Press Democrat

Why Don’t People Move for Better Opportunities?

September 30, 2014 — The Washington Post

Editorial: Behind the Valley ‘Portrait’

September 26, 2014 — Sonoma Index-Tribune

Second Disconnected Youth Summit: Phoenix, AZ

September 17, 2014 — Second Disconnected Youth Summit

Statistical “Portrait” of Sonoma County

September 12, 2014 — Sonoma Valley Sun

The New Racism

August 10, 2014 — The New Republic

The 5 Best and Worst States for a Well-Lived Life

July 29, 2014 — The Week

The Best and Worst States for a Life Well-Lived

July 21, 2014 — The Fiscal Times

Economic Opportunity at Lowest Point in Decades, but Social and Educational Opportunities Soar

July 21, 2014 — Latin Post

Moving the Needle on Youth Disconnection

July 7, 2014 — Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

Report: Americans Have Less Economic Opportunity Since 1970

July 7, 2014 — C-SPAN

Lifespans in U.S.A. States Ranked From Longest to Shortest

July 2, 2014 — ABC News

Forty Years of Progress — Or Not

July 1, 2014 — The Seattle Times

Youth Are Worse Off Now Than in 1990

June 30, 2014 — U.S. News & World Report

The State of the American Dream: Safer, Smarter, Poorer

June 25, 2014 — Nonprofit Quarterly

Dropouts Cost Arizona $7.6 Billion

June 25, 2014 — The Arizona Republic

The American Dream Over the Past Few Decades, in 6 Maps and Charts

June 25, 2014 — The Washington Post

Congrats, America. You Have Less Economic Opportunity Than You Did in 1970

June 24, 2014 — The Washington Post

Your ZIP Code May Be Dragging You Down

June 24, 2014 — National Journal

Even as U.S. Economic Opportunity falls, Study Finds Broader Gains

June 24, 2014 — Reuters

A Human Portrait of the Springs

June 18, 2014 — Sonoma Valley Sun

County Limits E-cigs

June 11, 2014 — Sonoma Valley Sun

Report Outlines Disparities Among Sonoma County’s Neighborhoods

May 30, 2014 — The Press Democrat

Sonoma County Report on Health and Community Well Being

May 22, 2014 — Sonoma County Gazette

Valley Has High Percentage Of “Disconnected Youth”

May 16, 2014 — KJZZ

Summit Calls for Getting “Disconnected Youth” Back to School

May 12, 2014 — Arizona Education News

Oh, Right, Help Thy Neighbor: Helmsley Takes on New York’s Problems

May 2, 2014 — Inside Philanthropy

Measures of America—and Maine

April 7, 2014 — Maine Community Foundation

Tackling poverty: Working-class earning flat

March 29, 2014 — Des Moines Register

How long can a baby born today in Minnesota expect to live?

March 27 2014 — BringMeTheNews

Interview with Kristen Lewis on Marketplace Morning Report

March 27, 2014 — Marketplace

Where the Middle Class Thrives

February 20, 2014 — CNN Money

Map: What Country Does Your State’s Life Expectancy Resemble?

Feb 3, 2014 — The Atlantic

Black Youth at Higher Risk of “Disconnection”

November 19, 2013 — Black Voice News

The Living-in-the-Basement Generation

November 19, 2013 — Detroit Metro Times

Dismal Numbers For Disconnected Youth

November 21, 2013 — National Journal

Interview with Kristen Lewis on Morning Edition

November 4, 2013 — WNYC

GOP Struggles in Big City Politics

October 30, 2013 — NPR’s The Takeaway

Minnesota Ranks High in Measurements of Well-Being

November 3, 2013 — Brainerd Daily Dispatch

The Top 10 Cities for Disconnected Youth Are…

October 31, 2013 — Bustle

Chart of the Week: A U.S. Human Development Index

November 1, 2013 — Pew Research Center

Disconnected Youth: A Challenge for Our Country, But One We Can Tackle

November 5, 2013 — The Huffington Post

Disconnected Nation: 5.8 Million Out of School and Out of Work

November 6, 2013 — US News

The Top 5 Cities for Disaffected Youth

October 22, 2013 — Bloomberg Businessweek

Billionaires’ Row and Welfare Lines

October 25, 2013 — New York Times

The Living-in-the-Basement Generation: How Young Adults are Faring in America’s Twenty-Five Biggest Metro Areas

November/December 2013 — Washington Monthly

U.S. Economic Mobility Improving Very Slowly

October 21, 2013 — Wall Street Journal Blogs

The Cold, Hard Fact About the Geography of the American Dream

October 23, 2013 — PolicyMic

Where Opportunity Is Hardest to Find

October 21, 2013 — The Atlantic Cities

Poverty Reports Underscore Challenge for Local United Way

September 14, 2013 — The San Bernardino Sun

Report: Phoenix Area Leads Nation in Idle Youths

August 21, 2013 — Arizona Republic

HISPANIC HEALTH: Why Are U.S. Latinos Outliving Whites?.

July 18, 2013 — Hispanically Speaking News

DC Has a Higher Proportion of Bachelor’s and Graduate Degrees Than Any Other City

July 14, 2013 — In the Capital

Inequality: Shifting the Spotlight From Wall Street to Your Street

July 9, 2013 — Huffington Post

Edward Snowden Can Go to Venezuela, Nicaragua, or Bolivia. Here, We Help Him Decide.

July 10, 2013 — Washington Post

Huffington Post on the Bronx

July 9, 2013 — Welcome2TheBronx

This Week in Poverty: The Unfinished March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

June 28, 2013 — The Nation

Willingness to Invest Improved Quality of Life but For How Long?

June 30, 2013 — Seattle Times

We’ve Got Issues, But Connecticut’s Not Texas

June 28, 2013 — The Hartford Courant

Michigan’s “Well-being” Dropped Over Decade While Other States Improved

June 25, 2013 — MLive

Survey: Connecticut Is The Best State In The Country

June 25, 2013 — Daily Voice, Weston

America’s Fracking Economy Isn’t Helping Anyone

June 25, 2013 — Motherboard, Vice

Closing The Tech Industry’s Gender Gap Requires Better Data

June 25, 2013 — All Tech Considered, NPR

Illinois Citizens Ranked 16th In Overall Well-being, New National Data Shows

June 26, 2013 — Progress Illinois

Michigan Declined the Most Nationwide on Human Development Index

June 20, 2013 — Michigan Radio NPR

Connecticut: Best State in the Country?

June 21, 2013 — East Haven Patch

Thank God for Mississippi: Another Study, Another Low Rank for Arkansas

June 21, 2013 — Arkansas Times

New Study Ranks Arkansas Second Worst State in America

June 21, 2013 — Arkansas Matters

New Study Ranks Connecticut as the Best State

June 2013 — Connecticut Magazine

Sorry, Maryland, Things May Not Be That Bad

June 22, 2013 — Baltimore Sun

Is Connecticut the Best State Now?

June 20, 2013 — Slate

Well Being Rises in Every State but Michigan

June 20, 2013 — Wall Street Journal

‘Red States’ Rank Low On U.S. Human Development Index

June 19, 2013 — Forbes

Reclaiming America’s Youth and Recovering Our Economy (by Chelsea Clinton)

June 19, 2013 — Huffington Post

The New Measure of America

June 19, 2013 — Marketplace, American Public Media

Americans Healthier, More Educated — and Poorer

June 19, 2013 — Bloomberg

The Young and the Disconnected

December 13, 2012 — In These Times

Am I Poor? (Video)

March 19, 2013 — HuffPost Live

Dominican University Photo Project Aims to Raise Awareness About Educational Inequality in Marin

March 25, 2013 — Marin Independent Journal

Arizona Youth ‘Dropped’ and Disconnected?

March 5, 2013 — Tucson Sentinel

The State of America’s Well-Being

February 28, 2013 — Stanford Social Innovation Review

The Best Revenge? Outliving Your Congressman

February 5, 2013 — The Gazette

Does Congress Represent You?

February 4, 2013 — Camel City Dispatch

Services Lacking for NYC’s Disconnected Youth

February 7, 2013 — The Epoch Times

Members of Congress Better Off Than Most Americans, But Die Sooner

January 31, 2013 — Philadelphia Inquirer

Group Hopes Congress Will Consider Demographic Differences

January 31, 2013 — Roll Call

The Fix: How Congress is Not Like America (in One Infographic)

February 1, 2013 — Washington Post

The Case for Public Investments: Appealing to the Purse Strings as well as the Heartstrings

November 26, 2012 — Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

How to Get High School Dropouts into ‘Recovery’? Ideas Bloom Across US

January 15, 2013 — Christian Science Monitor

“Social Impact Bond” Buzz Heads West

January 10, 2013 — Bond Buyer

Ron Kaye: Holiday Philanthropy is Vital in Time of Cutbacks

November 21, 2012 — Press Telegram

Hundreds of Thousands of Youth in Metro Area Adrift: Report

October 22, 2012 — WNYC

An Inside Look at the Middle-Class Squeeze

October 16, 2012 — US News & World Report

Interview on Cocoa Mode

September 22, 2012 — Sirius XM Radio

Detroit’s Disconnected Youth

September 19, 2012 – WDET News

In the News: CPS Grads to Get City Hiring Preference

October 1, 2012 — Catalyst Chicago

San Diego Youth Development Ranks Third Among Metro Areas

September 21, 2012 — Independent Voter Network

Get Your Life Together: Study Shows Black And Latino Youth Are Most “Disconnected” In America, Unemployed, Not In School

September 27, 2012 — Bossip

Latinas, Black Males Most ‘Disconnected’

September 27, 2012 — The National Journal

One in Seven: Ranking Youth Disconnection in the 25 Largest Metro Areas

September 26, 2012 — Journalism Center on Children & Families

Unemployed And Undereducated: Study Finds Black Youth Are Disconnected

September 21, 2012 — Madame Noire

More Young Adults Strike Out On Their Own

September 20, 2012 — Marketplace

Program Looks to Improve Troubled Syracuse Schools

September 24, 2012 — North Country Public Radio

Live at ICIC’s Economic Summit: Equity and the Changing Demographics of America

September 20, 2012 — Initiative for Competitive Inner City Blog

1 In 7 Young People Are Not Working Or In School: Measure Of America Study

September 19, 2012 — The Huffington Post

One in Seven Youths Age 16-to-24 Nationwide Out of School and Out of Work

September 17, 2012 — AlterNet

Editorial: Bipartisan Failure on Economy

September 17, 2012 — The Orange County Register

Opportunity Index 2012

Opportunity Index 2012

How does your state or county measure up in terms of opportunity? Have things improved since last year? Take a look at the second annual Opportunity Index 2012, with rankings by state and county. Read more.

Opportunity Index 2012

How does your state or county measure up in terms of opportunity? Have things improved since last year? Take a look at the second annual Opportunity Index 2012, with rankings by state and county. Read more.

Youth Disconnection Rampant In 25 Largest Metro Areas, Black Teens Impacted Most: What Is It?

September 14, 2012 — Huffington Post

‘Disconnected’ Youth Costing $93.7 Billion Annually

September 16, 2012 — Education Week

Detroit Third in U.S. for Disconnected Youths

September 13, 2012 — WHTC

Dismal News: Metro Detroit Ranks 3rd in Nation With “Disconnected Youths”

September 13, 2012 — Deadline Detroit

Twin Cities Youth Rank High in Education, Employment

September 13, 2012 — Minnesota Public Radio

Number of Youths Living on the Margins is Growing

September 14, 2012 — EdSource

Study: Metro Detroit Has Nation’s Third-Highest Rate of “Youth Disconnection”

September 13, 2012 — Michigan Radio

The Tragic Geography of Disconnected Youth

September 14, 2012 — The Atlantic Cities

Census: Middle Class Shrinks to an All-Time Low

September 12, 2012 — The Washington Post

Metro Detroit 3rd Worst in Nation in Disconnected Youths

September 13, 2012 — Detroit Free Press

Midday Matters: Interview with Measure of America

August 27, 2012 — WBOI NPR Indiana

A New Way to Measure the Economy

August 26, 2012 — The Journal Gazette

Who Will Provide for the Providers?

August 30, 2012 — Baltimore Sun

Silver Medalist: The Second Most Expensive City

August 15, 2012 — Pacific Standard

What Can Mississippi Learn From Iran?

July 27, 2012 — The New York Times

A Tale of Two Cities, and Two Life Expectancies

July 26, 2012 — California Healthcare Foundation

The Anti-CNBC Rankings – Why RI is a Well-being Success Story

July 26, 2012 — WPRI.com

D.C., Don’t Let Politicians Ruin That Smile

July 22, 2012 — Washington Post

D.C. Atop List of 25 Cities for Women’s Well-Being

June 28, 2012 — National Journal

You’ll Want to Live in Philly in 2032 – if We Play Our Cards Right

June 28, 2012 — Philadelphia Real Estate Blog

Kristen Lewis Discusses Women’s Well Being in the Twin Cities on the Jordana Green Show

June 28, 2012 — CBS Minnesota

Minority Report: America Will Be Defined By These Huge Demographic Shifts

June 14, 2012 — Business Insider

George Lucas Exposes Underbelly of Affordable Housing Debates

June 4, 2012 — Nonprofit Quarterly

How the Paycheck Fairness Act Can Help Democrats Win Elections for Years to Come

June 4, 2012 — The Nation

Measuring Five Different Californias

June 1, 2012 — Marketplace

Gene Weingarten: A Portrait of the New Feminist

May 24, 2012 — Washington Post

D.C. Women Have Highest Well-Being

May 18, 2012 — NBC Washington

D.C. Tops List of Best Cities for Women

May 17, 2012 — WTOC 103.5FM

DC Ranks High For Women’s Well-Being

May 15, 2012 — NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams

The Best City for Women in America? Washington, D.C

May 15, 2012 — Yahoo

Best U.S. Cities for Women’s Well-Being

May 15, 2012 — Mental Health News

Don’t Mess with Massachusetts

May 14, 2012 — Slate

Women, Be Well: The Twin Cities is (Almost) Tops

May 14, 2012 — Star Tribune

Twin Cities Among Best For Women’s Well-Being

May 11, 2012 — CBS Minnesota

Big Gaps in the Big Apple: Measuring Well-Being in the New York Metro Area

May 10, 2012 — Philanthropy New York

Twin Cities Fourth-Best Metro for Women’s Well-Being, Says Measure of America Study

May 10, 2012 — CityPages

Do Washington DC Women Have the Best Quality of Life?

May 2, 2012 — Daily Mail

By the Numbers: SF Women’s Well-Being

May 2, 2012 – The Bay Citizen

Detroit on List of Best Cities for Women’s Well-Being

May 1, 2012 — WXYZ

Best Cities For Women: 25 U.S. Metropolitan Areas Ranked For Women’s Well-Being

April 30, 2012 — Huffington Post

Boston Women Have the 3rd Highest Well-Beings in the Country

April 30, 2012 — BostInno

Baltimore 8th Best for Women’s Well-Being

April 30, 2012 — Patch

Cocktail Crossfire: Is Washington Horrible for Women?

April 30, 2012 — The Atlantic

Washington Tops U.S. Cities for Women’s Well-Being, Report Says

April 30, 2012 — Washington Post

Best U.S. Metros for Women’s Well-Being

April 30, 2012 — The Atlantic

Best Cities in America for Women

April 27, 2012 — Forbes

DC Women Have the Highest Well-Being in the Country

April 27, 2012 — In The Capital

Bay Area Women have it Good, Study Finds

April 26, 2012 — San Francisco Chronicle

More than Doctors and Drugs

April 26, 2012 — Houston Chronicle

Top U.S. Cities for Women’s Well-Being Ranked

April 25, 2012 — WeNews

From the Richest to Poorest in New York City

April 24, 2012 — Marketplace

California’s Marin County Ranked #1 with the Healthiest Men in America

April 22, 2012 — The Examiner

Study: Marin County Men have the Highest Life Expectancy in the Nation, Women Rank No. 2

April 19, 2012 — Marin Independent Journal

Why Women Weather Recessions Better than Men

April 13, 2012 — The Washington Post

Culture of Poverty in America

April 12, 2012 — Huffington Post

SchoolsRule-Marin, Venables Bell, IJ Relaunch Fundraising Campaign

April 5, 2012 — Marin Independent Journal

Asian Population Swells in Bay Area, State, Nation

March 22, 2012 — San Francisco Chronicle

Means, Ends, and Democracy in California

March 9, 2012 — California Mwananchi

The Six Worst States for Sleep

March 9, 2012 — 24/7 Wall Street

Does Marin Give Enough?

March 1, 2012 — Marin Magazine

‘Portrait of Marin’ Report a Reminder of County’s Gaps

February 29, 2012 — Marin Independent Journal

Lib at Large: A Portrait of Two Marins

February 25, 2012 — Marin Independent Journal

On the Human Scale, is America a Lightweight?

February 17, 2012 — American Reporter

In Marin County, Poverty Exists Alongside Wealth

February 16, 2012 — California Watch

Upfront: The Picture of Dorian Marin

February 10, 2012 — Pacific Sun

A Portrait of Marin: Marin County Human Development Report 2012

February 6, 2012 — Foundation Center: Philanthropy News Digest

Creating Opportunities

February 5, 2012 — Marin Independent Journal

Budget Cuts Force Closure of Longtime Sausalito Infant, Toddler Center

February 4, 2012 — Marin Independent Journal

Truthful ‘Portrait of Marin’

February 3, 2012 — Marin Independent Journal

A Disturbing Glimpse of GOP’s Low Tax/Limited Regulation Utopia

February 1, 2012 — Huffington Post

Taking a Close Look at Marin

January 31, 2012 — Op-Ed by Thomas Peters, President & CEO, Marin Community Foundation: Marin Independent Journal

Parents Fear Budget Cuts Could Slash Child Care Subsidies

January 23, 2012 — Marin Independent Journal

Teens Weigh in on Education

January 20, 2012 — Lancaster Online

Radio Interview: Marin County Income Inequality

January 19, 2012 — KQED

New Report Reveals Disparities in Marin County

January 19, 2012 — Foundation Center

Report Analyzes County’s Racial, Economic Disparity

January 18, 2012 — Pacific Sun

New ‘Portrait of Marin’ Report Explores Marin’s Income Inequality Gap

January 18, 2012 — Marin Independent Journal

Prosper and Live Long

January 18, 2012 — San Francisco Chronicle (Scroll Down)

Gap Between Marin High/Low (Earners) Explored

January 18, 2012 — NBC Bay Area

A Portrait of Marin Launches!

January 18, 2012 — Humantific

Marin Community Foundation to Host Discussion Based on New Report

January 14, 2012 — Marin Independent Journal

Metrics Matter: A Human Development Approach to Measuring Social Impact

January 6, 2012 — Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Interactive Map and Data Measures Economic Opportunity Across States

December 9, 2011 — Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families

Acknowledging The Great Divide

December 7, 2011 — Humantific

Alabama Ranks Low in Opportunity Measures

December 6, 2011 — The Crimson White

California Hosts the Best and Worst Features of USA

December 2, 2011 — Articles Factory

MA Ranks Third in Nation in New Measure of Opportunity in USA

November 29, 2011 — TuBoston

Report: Nevada Ranks Last in Nation in Job Opportunity

November 28, 2011 — Las Vegas Sun

Opening Doors to Opportunity in the Mississippi Delta

November 19, 2011 — Mississippi Center for Justice

Forum Presents Disparities in Californians’ Well Being, Role and Response of Philanthropy

November 15, 2011 — UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

Time to get Hungry for U.S. Poverty Solutions

November 13, 2011 — Kansas City Star

The Mess In Mississippi

November 11, 2011 — Huffington Post

Opportunity Nation?

November 9, 2011 — Reuters

Money Isn’t Everything

November 4, 2011 — The Daily

Opportunity Nation: By Measuring Opportunity, Index Hopes To Restore Access To The American Dream

November 4, 2011 — Huffington Post

Opportunity Nation Joins Non-Profit Partners to Host the 2nd Annual National Summit on Opportunity and Poverty in Washington, D.C.

November 4, 2011 — Catholic Charities USA

Latinos in California’s Central Valley Lag Behind

October 26, 2011 — New America Media

Measure of America Wins IIID Award

October 27, 2011 — Humantific

‘The Forsaken Five Percent’

October 19, 2011 — Harvesting Health

How to Close the Wage Gap Without Paying Men Less

October 9, 2011 — The Huffington Post

Gains Made in Equality of Incomes in Downturn

September 30, 2011 — The New York Times

Could London-style Riots Happen in New York City?

September 30, 2011 — The Nation

Bay Area Income Beats State, U.S., Census Shows

September 22, 2011 — San Francisco Chronicle

Young People Hit Hard as U.S. Poverty Rate Increases to 15.1 Percent

September 14, 2011 — Mercury News

Aid to College Students Benefits All of Us

September 7, 2011 — Times Union

Resource for Policymakers: The American Human Development Project

August 31, 2011 — Policy For Results

Latinos, Numbers and the Real World

August 15, 2011 — Huffington Post

Poverty Kills. Better Policy, Not Better Medicine, Is the Solution.

July 26, 2011 — Huffington Post

What’s Your Human Development Index?

July 22, 2011 — Health DATAbytes

The Nitty-Gritty of Going Beyond GDP

July 13, 2011 — Remapping Debate

Unequal: Well-Being Gap

July 7, 2011 — The Charleston Gazette

America Gets “Measured” — and the Results Aren’t Pretty

July 6, 2011 — Remapping Debate

Does the Bay Area Have the Best Quality of Life — or the Worst?

July 5, 2011 — San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association

The Wealth Gap Is .75 Miles Wide

July 3, 2011 — New York Magazine

The California Dream is Fizzling Out

June 27, 2011 — CNN

Spotlight on Poverty Webinar: The Common Good Forecaster

June 8, 2011 — Spotlight on Poverty

Cassidy: Silicon Valley’s Haves Could Save Have-Nots

June 4, 2011 — The San Jose Mercury News

Latinos Live Longer Despite Health Obstacles

June 3, 2011 — Ventura County Star

‘Haves’ vs. ‘Have Nots’ Object of New Report

May 31, 2011 — Los Altos Town Crier

Pete Manzo: Many in Bay Area are Faring Worse

May 29, 2011 — The Record Searchlight

Rating California (For the First Time). Are We Special, or Just Adequate?

May 24, 2011 — KPCC Southern California Public Radio

United Way Index Shows Large Income, Education Gaps in L.A., Orange Counties

May 23, 2011 — Los Angeles Business

A Tale of Five Californias – and How to Bring Them Together

May 23, 2011 — Spotlight on Poverty

Study Illustrates Profound Quality-of-Life Disparities Across California

May 23, 2011 — California Planning & Development Report

County’s ‘Portrait’ Not a Big Surprise

May 22, 2011 — Ventura County Star

California Still Leads U.S., Including in Inequality

May 19, 2011 — Reuters

New Report Shows Large Disparities Among Los Angeles Area Residents in the Areas of Health, Education and Income

May 19, 2011 — PR Newswire

Quality of Life Report Tough on Area

May 19, 2011 — The Porterville Recorder

San Diegans Rank High in California for “Well Being”

May 18, 2011 — XETV-TV6

In California, L.A. Region Trails the Bay Area, San Diego and Sacramento in Health, Wealth, Education

May 18, 2011 — Los Angeles Daily News

San Diego Ranks 2nd in Well-Being Study

May 18, 2011 — KSWB- Fox TV5

Silicon Valley Earns High Marks In Well-Being Study

May 18, 2011 — KCBS

California: Home of the Haves and Have-Nots

May 18, 2011 — AOL News

Dan Walters: Latest Numbers Reveal Two-Tier California

May 18, 2011 — The Sacramento Bee

Drilling Down into California’s Have and Have-Not Worlds

May 18, 2011 — LAObserved

San Diego, La Jolla Get High Ratings For Healthy Cities

May 17, 2011 — La Jolla Light

Study: Valley Among State’s ‘Struggling, Forsaken’

May 17, 2011 — Business Journal

The Buzz: How Many Californias Are There? Try Five

May 17, 2011 — Sacramento Bee

SD Ranked High In Well-Being Study

May 17, 2011 — KGTV

Connecting the Dots: Top News Stories for May 17

May 17, 2011 — San Francisco Chronicle

Report Breaks Down Quality of Life into 5 Californias

May 17, 2011 — Los Angeles Business

State Ranks High for ‘Well-Being,’ but Local Results Vary

May 17, 2011 — California Watch

Huge Well-Being Study Finds Five Disparate Californias

May 17, 2011 — Sacramento Bee

State’s class gap becomes startling

May 17, 2011 — La Jolla Light

Study Shows Quality of Life in Central Valley is Worst in CA

May 17, 2011 — KSEE

Life and Opportunity are Good in Metro SF

May 17, 2011 — The Bay Citizen

State Ranks High for ‘Well-Being,’ but Local Results Vary

May 17, 2011 — California Watch

Inland Area Fares Poorly in Look at Well-Being

May 17, 2011 — The Press-Enterprise

Study: H.D. Among “Struggling California”

May 17, 2011 — Victorville Daily Press

Study Suggests Quality-of-Life Disparity Creates ‘Five Californias’

May 17, 2011 — Ventura County Star

Banana Republic or Opportunity Society? Part II: The Transnational Perspective

April 25, 2011 — National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

America’s Most Distressed Areas and Their Neglected Infections: The United States Gulf Coast and the District of Columbia

March 29, 2011 — Public Library of Science

What the Economics?

March 29, 2011 — The Garden Island

Safety’s No Accident

March 29, 2011 — National Conference of State Legislatures

EVENT: New America Foundation’s The Measure of America, Mapping Risks and Resilience, on March 31, 2011

March 23, 2011 — Daily Agenda

What’s Good for Business Must Also be Good for Ordinary People

March 17, 2011 — St. Louis Today

Exploring Communities From Numbers To Nuance

March 16, 2011 — Northern California Grantmakers

The High Risk of Caricature

March 16, 2011 — NewsWorks

New on the Reading Shelf

March 15, 2011 — International Institute for Sustainable Development

Rights at Risk

March 9, 2011 — Human Rights Watch

Unintended Consequences: Chamber Report Shows That “Good” for Business May Be Bad for People

March 7, 2011 — Remapping Debate

Virginia’s 8th District Tops Group’s Health Index

March 2, 2011 — Fort Hunt Patch

Human Development Index in the US

March 1, 2011 — Inside JVC

Guest List: Today’s Newsmakers

February 28, 2011 — The Washingtonian

How Comic Book Hero ‘Unemployed Man’ Can Save The World

February 28, 2011 — death+taxes

Counterparties

February 25, 2011 — Felix Salmon, Reuters

How Long Do People Live in Your District?

February 24, 2011 — Yahoo News

Infographic We Love: A Map of American Health

February 24, 2011 — The Atlantic Wire

Map Puts Arlington at Top of the Healthy Heap

February 25, 2011 — ARL now

Third World America

February 24, 2011 — Humanosphere

Texas Lags in Measure of “Human Development”

February 7, 2011 — Houston Public Radio (Listen here)

Quality of Life Study is Worth Reviewing for Oklahoma Policymakers

February 4, 2011 — The Oklahoman

Family-Friendly Policies? In the U.S., Not So Much

January 11, 2011 — MarketWatch

Measuring American Well-Being: SSRC’s Human Development Project Issues Report

January 10, 2011 — Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA)

Mapping the Measure of America

January 7, 2011 — United Way

Research and Publications on Child Poverty

January 7, 2011 — UNICEF Blog

By the Numbers: What Really Counts in Life? And How Does Houston Rank Against Competitor Cities?

December 29, 2010 – Houston Chronicle