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- The State of America’s Well-Being
- The Case for Public Investments: Appealing to the Purse Strings as well as the Heartstrings
- MOA Life Expectancy Data Featured in California Billboard Campaign
- A Portrait of Marin’s Widespread Local Impact
- Behind the Scenes: Touring NYC With Marketplace Radio
- MOA Co-directors Respond to A Portrait of Marin Public Debate
- The State of the Union Is Unequal: 10 Things Presidential Candidates Should Know About Inequality
- The Supplemental Poverty Measure: A (Small) Step in the Right Direction
- Could London-style Riots Happen in New York City?
- Poverty Kills. Better Policy, Not Better Medicine, Is the Solution.
- Measuring a Better Life
- Which California Are you?
- A Roundup of Winter 2011, and What’s in Store for Spring
- Our 2010 Recap: Engaging with the Public
- Join us at the launch of The Measure of America 2010-2011: Mapping Risks and Resilience, November 10 in Washington, DC & November 17 in NYC!
- California, Here We Come!
- In Search of an Alternative to GDP
- Disparities in Well-Being and the Prospects for Policy
- Health Care Reform Passed, Now What?
- Healthcare Doesn’t Have to Cost an Arm and a Leg: 29 Reasons for Optimism from Comparisons between Countries and U.S. States
- Rationing Healthcare? We’re Already Doing It
- Damsel in Distress Seeks Better Policies, Bigger Paycheck, Prince Who Does Housework
- G-20 Missed the Point: The Real Wealth of Nations is People
- GDP an Inaccurate Measure of Stark Disparities in United States, Fails to Show Whole Picture in Louisiana
- Going Back in Time: Progress, or Lack Thereof, Around the Country
- We Can Pay for Education Today – or Prisons Tomorrow
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- World Affairs Council 2013 Conference: March 7-8, 2013
- Milken Institute Global Conference: May 1, 2012
- The Institute for Economics and Peace: April 25, 2012
- Equity for Children: Book Launch of ‘Global Child Poverty and Well-Being,’ April 16, 2012
- Philanthropy New York: Breathing Life into Numbers, April 10, 2012
- Out of Poverty: From Surviving to Thriving – 1/18/12
- Opportunity Nation Summit: Promoting Communities of Opportunity
- 2011 Huether Lasallian Conference
- Forum Presents Disparities in Californians’ Well Being, Role and Response of Philanthropy
- Latino Community Foundation: San Francisco, October 21, 2011
- UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, October 20, 2011
- Canadian Risk and Hazards Network Symposium, October 19, 2011
- RAND Los Angeles, October 19, 2011
- The San Joaquin Valley LEAP Project, October 18, 2011
- San Diego Grantmakers 2011 Annual Conference, October 18, 2011
- Webinar: The Common Good Forecaster, June 3, 2011
- Brandeis University, May 11, 2011
- A Portrait of California Launch Events, May 2011
- The New America Foundation, March 31, 2011
- UNICEF Brown Bag Discussion, March 16, 2011
- A Congressional Briefing on The Measure of America, March 2, 2011
- Public Policy and Philanthropy: A New Agenda, February 15, 2011
- Big Gaps in the Big Apple: Lessons from The Measure of America, November 17, 2010.
- Surging Ahead and Falling Behind: Lessons from The Measure of America, November 10, 2010
- Katrina @ 5: Partners in Philanthropy, March 22, 2010
- Called to Serve Conference, April 28, 2010
- San Francisco Foundation, February 8, 2010
- Annual Conference of the San Diego Grantmakers, October 29, 2009
- UCLA School of Public Affairs, October 27, 2009
- Foundation Center Launches “Philanthropy In/Sight,” July 13, 2009
- National Civic Summit, July 15-17, 2009
- Chicago Access Network TV, November 30, 2008
- Illinois 2008 Poverty Summit, December 10, 2008
- Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs, December 4, 2008
- Altarum Policy Roundtable, October 23, 2008
- Southern California Grantmakers, November 19, 2008
- Shriver Center Dialogue, October 17, 2008
- Seminars: Failing Health In America, October 1, 2008
- Invitation to Testify Before Congress, July 23, 2008
- National Press Club Unveiling, July 16, 2008
- U.S. Human Development Report Release, July 16, 2008
- Capitol Hill Briefings, July 14, 2008
News (434)
- The Young and the Disconnected
- Am I Poor? (Video)
- Dominican University Photo Project Aims to Raise Awareness About Educational Inequality in Marin
- Arizona Youth ‘Dropped’ and Disconnected?
- The State of America’s Well-Being
- The Best Revenge? Outliving Your Congressman
- Does Congress Represent You?
- Services Lacking for NYC’s Disconnected Youth
- Members of Congress Better Off Than Most Americans, But Die Sooner
- Group Hopes Congress Will Consider Demographic Differences
- The Fix: How Congress is Not Like America (in One Infographic)
- The Case for Public Investments: Appealing to the Purse Strings as well as the Heartstrings
- How to Get High School Dropouts into ‘Recovery’? Ideas Bloom Across US
- “Social Impact Bond” Buzz Heads West
- Ron Kaye: Holiday Philanthropy is Vital in Time of Cutbacks
- Hundreds of Thousands of Youth in Metro Area Adrift: Report
- An Inside Look at the Middle-Class Squeeze
- Interview on Cocoa Mode
- Detroit’s Disconnected Youth
- In the News: CPS Grads to Get City Hiring Preference
- San Diego Youth Development Ranks Third Among Metro Areas
- Get Your Life Together: Study Shows Black And Latino Youth Are Most “Disconnected” In America, Unemployed, Not In School
- Latinas, Black Males Most ‘Disconnected’
- Photo ID Laws Could Disenfranchise Black Youth
- One in Seven: Ranking Youth Disconnection in the 25 Largest Metro Areas
- Unemployed And Undereducated: Study Finds Black Youth Are Disconnected
- More Young Adults Strike Out On Their Own
- Program Looks to Improve Troubled Syracuse Schools
- Live at ICIC’s Economic Summit: Equity and the Changing Demographics of America
- 1 In 7 Young People Are Not Working Or In School: Measure Of America Study
- One in Seven Youths Age 16-to-24 Nationwide Out of School and Out of Work
- Editorial: Bipartisan Failure on Economy
- Opportunity Index 2012
- Youth Disconnection Rampant In 25 Largest Metro Areas, Black Teens Impacted Most: What Is It?
- ‘Disconnected’ Youth Costing $93.7 Billion Annually
- Detroit Third in U.S. for Disconnected Youths
- Dismal News: Metro Detroit Ranks 3rd in Nation With “Disconnected Youths”
- Twin Cities Youth Rank High in Education, Employment
- Number of Youths Living on the Margins is Growing
- Study: Metro Detroit Has Nation’s Third-Highest Rate of “Youth Disconnection”
- The Tragic Geography of Disconnected Youth
- Census: Middle Class Shrinks to an All-Time Low
- Metro Detroit 3rd Worst in Nation in Disconnected Youths
- Midday Matters: Interview with Measure of America
- A New Way to Measure the Economy
- Who Will Provide for the Providers?
- Silver Medalist: The Second Most Expensive City
- What Can Mississippi Learn From Iran?
- A Tale of Two Cities, and Two Life Expectancies
- The Anti-CNBC Rankings – Why RI is a Well-being Success Story
- D.C., Don’t Let Politicians Ruin That Smile
- A Portrait of Marin’s Widespread Local Impact
- D.C. Atop List of 25 Cities for Women’s Well-Being
- You’ll Want to Live in Philly in 2032 – if We Play Our Cards Right
- Kristen Lewis Discusses Women’s Well Being in the Twin Cities on the Jordana Green Show
- Minority Report: America Will Be Defined By These Huge Demographic Shifts
- Cleaveland: World Laps U.S. in Math, Science Scores
- Talk Back with Hugh Hamilton
- George Lucas Exposes Underbelly of Affordable Housing Debates
- McEwen: Fresno’s Future Depends on Improved Student Performance
- How the Paycheck Fairness Act Can Help Democrats Win Elections for Years to Come
- Measuring Five Different Californias
- Gene Weingarten: A Portrait of the New Feminist
- D.C. Women Have Highest Well-Being
- D.C. Tops List of Best Cities for Women
- DC Ranks High For Women’s Well-Being
- The Best City for Women in America? Washington, D.C
- Best U.S. Cities for Women’s Well-Being
- Don’t Mess with Massachusetts
- Women, Be Well: The Twin Cities is (Almost) Tops
- Twin Cities Among Best For Women’s Well-Being
- Big Gaps in the Big Apple: Measuring Well-Being in the New York Metro Area
- Twin Cities Fourth-Best Metro for Women’s Well-Being, Says Measure of America Study
- Do Washington DC Women Have the Best Quality of Life?
- By the Numbers: SF Women’s Well-Being
- Detroit on List of Best Cities for Women’s Well-Being
- Best Cities For Women: 25 U.S. Metropolitan Areas Ranked For Women’s Well-Being
- Boston Women Have the 3rd Highest Well-Beings in the Country
- Baltimore 8th Best for Women’s Well-Being
- Cocktail Crossfire: Is Washington Horrible for Women?
- Washington Tops U.S. Cities for Women’s Well-Being, Report Says
- Best U.S. Metros for Women’s Well-Being
- Best Cities in America for Women
- DC Women Have the Highest Well-Being in the Country
- Bay Area Women have it Good, Study Finds
- More than Doctors and Drugs
- Top U.S. Cities for Women’s Well-Being Ranked
- From the Richest to Poorest in New York City
- California’s Marin County Ranked #1 with the Healthiest Men in America
- Study: Marin County Men have the Highest Life Expectancy in the Nation, Women Rank No. 2
- Why Women Weather Recessions Better than Men
- Culture of Poverty in America
- Milken Institute Global Conference: May 1, 2012
- The Institute for Economics and Peace: April 25, 2012
- SchoolsRule-Marin, Venables Bell, IJ Relaunch Fundraising Campaign
- Equity for Children: Book Launch of ‘Global Child Poverty and Well-Being,’ April 16, 2012
- Philanthropy New York: Breathing Life into Numbers, April 10, 2012
- Asian Population Swells in Bay Area, State, Nation
- Means, Ends, and Democracy in California
- The Six Worst States for Sleep
- Does Marin Give Enough?
- ‘Portrait of Marin’ Report a Reminder of County’s Gaps
- Lib at Large: A Portrait of Two Marins
- On the Human Scale, is America a Lightweight?
- In Marin County, Poverty Exists Alongside Wealth
- The State of the Union Is Unequal: 10 Things Presidential Candidates Should Know About Inequality
- Upfront: The Picture of Dorian Marin
- A Portrait of Marin: Marin County Human Development Report 2012
- Creating Opportunities
- Budget Cuts Force Closure of Longtime Sausalito Infant, Toddler Center
- Truthful ‘Portrait of Marin’
- A Disturbing Glimpse of GOP’s Low Tax/Limited Regulation Utopia
- Taking a Close Look at Marin
- Parents Fear Budget Cuts Could Slash Child Care Subsidies
- Teens Weigh in on Education
- Radio Interview: Marin County Income Inequality
- New Report Reveals Disparities in Marin County
- Report Analyzes County’s Racial, Economic Disparity
- New ‘Portrait of Marin’ Report Explores Marin’s Income Inequality Gap
- Prosper and Live Long
- Gap Between Marin High/Low (Earners) Explored
- A Portrait of Marin Launches!
- Marin Community Foundation to Host Discussion Based on New Report
- Out of Poverty: From Surviving to Thriving – 1/18/12
- Metrics Matter: A Human Development Approach to Measuring Social Impact
- Interactive Map and Data Measures Economic Opportunity Across States
- Acknowledging The Great Divide
- Alabama Ranks Low in Opportunity Measures
- California Hosts the Best and Worst Features of USA
- The Supplemental Poverty Measure: A (Small) Step in the Right Direction
- MA Ranks Third in Nation in New Measure of Opportunity in USA
- Report: Nevada Ranks Last in Nation in Job Opportunity
- Opening Doors to Opportunity in the Mississippi Delta
- Opportunity Nation Summit: Promoting Communities of Opportunity
- 2011 Huether Lasallian Conference
- Forum Presents Disparities in Californians’ Well Being, Role and Response of Philanthropy
- Time to get Hungry for U.S. Poverty Solutions
- The Mess In Mississippi
- Forum Presents Disparities in Californians’ Well Being, Role and Response of Philanthropy
- Opportunity Nation?
- Money Isn’t Everything
- Opportunity Nation: By Measuring Opportunity, Index Hopes To Restore Access To The American Dream
- Opportunity Nation Joins Non-Profit Partners to Host the 2nd Annual National Summit on Opportunity and Poverty in Washington, D.C.
- Latinos in California’s Central Valley Lag Behind
- Measure of America Wins IIID Award
- ‘The Forsaken Five Percent’
- Dream Act Delivers for Immigrants
- Latino Community Foundation: San Francisco, October 21, 2011
- UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, October 20, 2011
- Canadian Risk and Hazards Network Symposium, October 19, 2011
- RAND Los Angeles, October 19, 2011
- The San Joaquin Valley LEAP Project, October 18, 2011
- San Diego Grantmakers 2011 Annual Conference, October 18, 2011
- How to Close the Wage Gap Without Paying Men Less
- Gains Made in Equality of Incomes in Downturn
- Could London-style Riots Happen in New York City?
- Bay Area Income Beats State, U.S., Census Shows
- Young People Hit Hard as U.S. Poverty Rate Increases to 15.1 Percent
- Aid to College Students Benefits All of Us
- Resource for Policymakers: The American Human Development Project
- Latinos, Numbers and the Real World
- Poverty Kills. Better Policy, Not Better Medicine, Is the Solution.
- What’s Your Human Development Index?
- The Nitty-Gritty of Going Beyond GDP
- Unequal: Well-Being Gap
- America Gets “Measured” — and the Results Aren’t Pretty
- Does the Bay Area Have the Best Quality of Life — or the Worst?
- The Wealth Gap Is .75 Miles Wide
- The California Dream is Fizzling Out
- Spotlight on Poverty Webinar: The Common Good Forecaster
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley’s Haves Could Save Have-Nots
- Latinos Live Longer Despite Health Obstacles
- ‘Haves’ vs. ‘Have Nots’ Object of New Report
- Pete Manzo: Many in Bay Area are Faring Worse
- Webinar: The Common Good Forecaster, June 3, 2011
- Rating California (For the First Time). Are We Special, or Just Adequate?
- Time is Now for Fresno Slogan: Education City
- United Way Index Shows Large Income, Education Gaps in L.A., Orange Counties
- Modesto Struggling, Report Concludes
- A Tale of Five Californias – and How to Bring Them Together
- Study Illustrates Profound Quality-of-Life Disparities Across California
- County’s ‘Portrait’ Not a Big Surprise
- California Still Leads U.S., Including in Inequality
- New Report Shows Large Disparities Among Los Angeles Area Residents in the Areas of Health, Education and Income
- Well-Being Index Shows Mixed News for Blacks in California
- Quality of Life Report Tough on Area
- Latinos: Mucho Aún por Avanzar
- San Diegans Rank High in California for “Well Being”
- In California, L.A. Region Trails the Bay Area, San Diego and Sacramento in Health, Wealth, Education
- Study: Valley “Bypassed, Struggling, Forsaken”
- San Diego Ranks 2nd in Well-Being Study
- Silicon Valley Earns High Marks In Well-Being Study
- California: Home of the Haves and Have-Nots
- Dan Walters: Latest Numbers Reveal Two-Tier California
- Drilling Down into California’s Have and Have-Not Worlds
- San Diego, La Jolla Get High Ratings For Healthy Cities
- Study: Valley Among State’s ‘Struggling, Forsaken’
- The Buzz: How Many Californias Are There? Try Five
- Inland Area Fares Poorly in Look at Well-Being
- SD Ranked High In Well-Being Study
- Connecting the Dots: Top News Stories for May 17
- Report Breaks Down Quality of Life into 5 Californias
- State Ranks High for ‘Well-Being,’ but Local Results Vary
- Huge Well-Being Study Finds Five Disparate Californias
- State’s class gap becomes startling
- Study Shows Quality of Life in Central Valley is Worst in CA
- Life and Opportunity are Good in Metro SF
- State Ranks High for ‘Well-Being,’ but Local Results Vary
- Inland Area Fares Poorly in Look at Well-Being
- Study: H.D. Among “Struggling California”
- Study Suggests Quality-of-Life Disparity Creates ‘Five Californias’
- Brandeis University, May 11, 2011
- A Portrait of California Launch Events, May 2011
- Banana Republic or Opportunity Society? Part II: The Transnational Perspective
- How Does Your State Stack Up on Measures of Human Development?
- America’s Most Distressed Areas and Their Neglected Infections: The United States Gulf Coast and the District of Columbia
- What the Economics?
- Safety’s No Accident
- Barking up the Right Tree
- EVENT: New America Foundation’s The Measure of America, Mapping Risks and Resilience, on March 31, 2011
- What’s Good for Business Must Also be Good for Ordinary People
- Exploring Communities From Numbers To Nuance
- The High Risk of Caricature
- New on the Reading Shelf
- The New America Foundation, March 31, 2011
- Rights at Risk
- Unintended Consequences: Chamber Report Shows That “Good” for Business May Be Bad for People
- Virginia’s 8th District Tops Group’s Health Index
- Human Development Index in the US
- UNICEF Brown Bag Discussion, March 16, 2011
- A Congressional Briefing on The Measure of America, March 2, 2011
- Guest List: Today’s Newsmakers
- How Comic Book Hero ‘Unemployed Man’ Can Save The World
- Counterparties
- How Long Do People Live in Your District?
- Infographic We Love: A Map of American Health
- Map Puts Arlington at Top of the Healthy Heap
- Third World America
- Texas Lags in Measure of “Human Development”
- Quality of Life Study is Worth Reviewing for Oklahoma Policymakers
- Family-Friendly Policies? In the U.S., Not So Much
- Measuring American Well-Being: SSRC’s Human Development Project Issues Report
- Public Policy and Philanthropy: A New Agenda, February 15, 2011
- Mapping the Measure of America
- Research and Publications on Child Poverty
- By the Numbers: What Really Counts in Life? And How Does Houston Rank Against Competitor Cities?
- Census Data: Women-Owned Businesses Growing
- Measure Of America: Houston Lags Behind
- Measuring America
- National Index Gives Michigan, Area Low Economic Marks
- Is Andy Moving to New Jersey?
- Study: 2nd district Has Good Overall Well-being — For Texas, At Least
- Wide Gaps in Well-being Across the U.S.
- Walk a Mile to Live Two Extra Years
- The Closer the Focus, The Deeper the Divide
- Interacting With America: Human Development, Crime and Other Indicators for the United States
- American Human Develoment Project: Kentucky part of ‘Third World’ America
- Infographic: Does America Have “Developing States”?
- Mapping American Well-Being
- The True Measure of America
- America By the Numbers
- Cool Internet Map of America
- New York Gets Third Place for Human Development
- Britain to Introduce ‘Happiness Index’
- How Selected American States Compare to Various Countries
- Infographic of the Day: Quality of Life Varies Wildly Across America
- Where Does Your State Rank in Well-Being?
- The American Human Development Index
- America, the Land of Limited Economic Opportunity
- Asian-Americans Live Well in the Garden State
- How Do States Measure Up on the Well-being Scale? This Study Tells You
- Connecticut Ranks No. 1 in Well-Being Study
- What the Economy Needs is a US Sized Oil Spill; Or, Lessons in Measuring What Matters
- Well-being Survey Reveals Racial Divide
- Attention West Virginians: Move to Connecticut
- Measuring America – New Book Presents Current Data on the American Human Development Index
- Connecticut Residents Live the Best Lives: Study
- Measure Of America Project: Colorado Scores High On Well-Being Index
- Connecticut Residents Are Tops in Well-Being
- As Promised, Those Dallas-Fort Worth Details from the American Human Development Index
- How’s Your Well-being? Find Out Here How Americans, Alabamians and You Are Doing
- Where Does Dallas Stand on the Human Development Index? Let’s Go to the Report!
- DC Region Ranks 1st in Well-being Survey
- Connecticut Tops Well-Being Survey: 5 Most Interesting Findings
- Connecticut Residents Are Tops in Well-Being
- West Virginia Ranks Dead Last in Well-being, Study says
- Talk Back!
- Big Gaps in the Big Apple: Lessons from The Measure of America, November 17, 2010.
- Surging Ahead and Falling Behind: Lessons from The Measure of America, November 10, 2010
- Open Letter to the Bipartisan Fiscal Commission
- A Rare Sight
- One Step Forward, Two Steps Apart on UN’s Development Goals.
- Happy Labor Day to the Unemployed
- Barry Weisberg on Urban Violence
- Measuring Deprivation: The New Multidimensional Poverty Index of the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative
- The co-founder of a project measuring American well-being sees hope for the next century in spite of poor results
- Population Study Finds Change in the Suburbs
- Happy in New Jersey
- “The Limits of Policy” by columnist David Brooks
- A New Index Fills in the Portrait of Human Well-Being
- Asians in Jersey get top marks for health and income
- 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
- Report Reveals Disparities in Well-Being among Racial and Ethnic Groups in U.S
- Looking to Live Better? Move to New Jersey
- Health Care Reform Passed, Now What?
- ‘Treme’: A Sharp Divide Between Rich and Poor
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: a chance for grantmakers to consider racial equity
- Study Indicates Money Can’t Buy You Longevity
- Katrina @ 5: Partners in Philanthropy, March 22, 2010
- New Yorkers Are Living Longer, Study Finds
- The Right Measures
- ASA Footnotes, Vol. 38, Issue 2 (Feb. 2010)
- Called to Serve Conference, April 28, 2010
- Vying for Votes
- Rep. Costa faces threat from the left
- San Francisco Foundation, February 8, 2010
- 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
- Rationing Healthcare? We’re Already Doing It
- A Paradox of Plenty – Hunger in America
- On the Margins in Rural America: Crow Creek Indian Reservation, South Dakota
- In Rural Kentucky, A Surprising Twist On The Health Debate
- Unhealthy America
- Women Gaining Ground in the Oilfield
- Annual Conference of the San Diego Grantmakers, October 29, 2009
- UCLA School of Public Affairs, October 27, 2009
- Damsel in Distress Seeks Better Policies, Bigger Paycheck, Prince Who Does Housework
- Dropout Prevention Should Be Top of the Class
- In Louisiana, a Great Racial Divide
- Baton Rouge: the best and worst place to live
- A chance for real improvement
- G-20 Missed the Point: The Real Wealth of Nations is People
- Time to Decolonize Louisiana
- Report shows ‘huge’ disparities
- Report: Life expectancy for African-Americans in N.O. rival that of some developing nations
- New Orleans Blacks Don’t Live As Long As North Koreans
- GDP an Inaccurate Measure of Stark Disparities in United States, Fails to Show Whole Picture in Louisiana
- Baton Rouge gets best, worst rating in study
- Racial, economic disparities revealed in new report on living conditions in Louisiana
- Lifespan of African-Americans in New Orleans Rivals North Koreans
- Unnerving Statistics
- Sarkozy: GDP Is a Limited Measure
- Health Habits vs. Life Expectancy vs. Spending
- Philanthropy In/Sight: Mapping the Future
- Creating a world of good – Foundation Center presents interactive philanthropy visualization
- Philanthropy In/Sight: Mapping Foundations
- Black Kids Close the Gap in Reading: Still Trail Their Peers
- Foundation Center Launches “Philanthropy In/Sight,” July 13, 2009
- Tool shows benefits of education in communities
- South Side Education News & Notes
- National Civic Summit, July 15-17, 2009
- Study: Blacks in Pine Belt earn less
- The Human Development Index–A Better Measure Of Where We Stand
- Some More Stuff From the American Human Development Project
- What’s New: From the U.S. Department of Education
- Going Back in Time: Progress, or Lack Thereof, Around the Country
- Let them eat cake, educationally speaking
- What Does the Human Development Index Measure?
- Improving state’s future rests with more education
- Common Good Forecaster Measures Education and Well-Being
- We Can Pay for Education Today – Or Prisons Tomorrow
- Website estimates education’s effect on health, crime, income
- Can America Fail?
- The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008-2009
- America is #… 15?
- Measuring Up America
- More families are struggling as the economic divide widens
- A Portrait of Mississippi: A New Report Shines Light on Poverty in the Struggling State
- The Measure of America….by Hugh Hamilton
- Interview with co-author Kristen Lewis on “A Portrait of Mississippi”
- Report Shows That Mississippi Blacks Have Worse Outcomes Than Whites on Some Quality of Life Indicator
- Mississippi Human Development Maps
- Study: Life Span of Black Males in Miss. Shorter
- Mississippi Report: “Rankin County has best quality of life”
- “Favorite Books of 2008″ – #1
- “Peter’s Digital Reference Shelf” Book Review
- “The Measure of America” – Website of the Day
- Social Determinants of Health
- An Obama Holiday: What To Give A Progressive President And His Team
- 5 Truths About Health Care in America
- The Good Life
- Chicago Access Network TV, November 30, 2008
- Making Ends Meet In The Middle
- The Need to Combine Social and Health Policy
- Illinois 2008 Poverty Summit, December 10, 2008
- Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs, December 4, 2008
- For Many Families, Gap’s Getting Wider
- Altarum Policy Roundtable, October 23, 2008
- Author Says Middle Class Status Not What It Used To Be
- Watch Out For Pitfalls During Financial Turmoil
- Study Puts Focus on Improving Schools
- Rail, Economy On Table
- Health Care: The Other Answer
- Metro Spirit Book Review
- Southern California Grantmakers, November 19, 2008
- Shriver Center Dialogue, October 17, 2008
- Seminars: Failing Health In America, October 1, 2008
- Hey Big Number, Make Room For The Rest Of Us
- Forming A More Perfect Measure
- Improving the Human Condition
- Interview with Co-Author Kristen Lewis
- The American Human Development Report
- Audio: Chicago Public Radio, August 4, 2008
- A Measure of Who We Are
- Quality of Life Study; Live Longer, Prosper Elsewhere
- Poor Ranking A Part of Life for Kern
- Audio: Saturday Morning Talkies, KPFA, July 26, 2008
- Commentary by the President of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
- Congressman Jim Moran’s News Commentary
- $217 Million per hour on healthcare, but U.S. still falls Short
- Invitation to Testify Before Congress, July 23, 2008
- Study: Coastal OC Healthy, Wealthy, Wise
- Moderate and Lower Earners Under More Pressure
- US slips down development Index
- Audio: Day To Day, NPR, July 21, 2008
- Commentary by Richard Florida
- Peninsula High in Human Development
- New report ranks the San Joaquin Valley one of the nation’s Poorest
- Human Development Project Introduces New Measurement of Americans’ Well-Being
- Audio: The Takeaway, PRI, July 18, 2008
- San Joaquin Valley ranks last in poverty Study
- The Measure of America: American Human Development Report 2008-2009
- New Study Ranks U.S. Well-Being
- “American Inequality Highlighted by 30-year Gap in Life Expectancy
- Measuring America
- Part of Central Valley ranks last in national study of quality of Life
- Development: US fails to Measure up on ‘Human Index’
- Hard to be an Optimistic American
- Results are in: California’s San Joaquin Valley is the Worst
- Florida Ranks 24th in New Measure of U.S. Well-Being
- Report Details Best and Worst U.S. Locations for ‘Human Development’
- National Press Club Unveiling, July 16, 2008
- U.S. Human Development Report Release, July 16, 2008
- Capitol Hill Briefings, July 14, 2008
- The Measure of America on YouTube
Podcasts (19)
- Spotlight on Poverty Webinar: The Common Good Forecaster
- How Does Your State Stack Up on Measures of Human Development?
- Texas Lags in Measure of “Human Development”
- Wide Gaps in Well-being Across the U.S.
- Britain to Introduce ‘Happiness Index’
- The American Human Development Index
- Talk Back!
- Kristen Lewis on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, April 28, 2010
- 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
- Sarah Burd-Sharps on Your Call Radio
- Sarah Burd-Sharps explains deficiencies of GDP on NPR’s Marketplace (September 14, 2009)
- Sarkozy: GDP Is a Limited Measure
- Interview with Authors
- The Takeaway with Hosts John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji
- Saturday Morning Talkies
- Worldview with Host Jerome McDonnell
- Bread and Roses
- Global Policy Innovations Program
Publications (10)
- STATE OF THE CONGRESS 2013
- IN-DEPTH FOCUS: YOUTH DISCONNECTION IN NYC
- Opportunity Index 2012
- One in Seven: Ranking Youth Disconnection in the 25 Largest Metro Areas
- ARE YOU MOVING THE NEEDLE?
- A Portrait of Marin’s Widespread Local Impact
- WOMEN’S WELL-BEING: Ranking America’s Top 25 Metro Areas
- Behind the Scenes
- A PORTRAIT OF MARIN 2012
- A PORTRAIT OF CALIFORNIA
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