New Orleans Blacks Don’t Live As Long As North Koreans
September 18, 2009 – Hip Hop Wired
GDP an Inaccurate Measure of Stark Disparities in United States, Fails to Show Whole Picture in Louisiana
September 18, 2009 – The Huffington Post
GDP an Inaccurate Measure of Stark Disparities in United States, Fails to Show Whole Picture in Louisiana
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Mississippi and Louisiana four years ago, extreme weather and acute human vulnerability met head-on with tragic results. Long-standing gaps in the well-being of different groups of Gulf coast residents were suddenly everywhere in evidence – on rooftops, on I-10 overpasses, and on TV screens across the country. Many were stunned by what they saw. They should not have been. The problems of social exclusion, residential segregation, and human poverty that Katrina brought to light hide in plain sight in every U.S. state.
Racial, economic disparities revealed in new report on living conditions in Louisiana
September 17, 2009 – The Times-Picayune
Lifespan of African-Americans in New Orleans Rivals North Koreans
September 17, 2009 – The Huffington Post
Unnerving Statistics
September 17, 2009 – New York Times Economix Blog
Sarah Burd-Sharps explains deficiencies of GDP on NPR’s Marketplace (September 14, 2009)
Sarkozy: GDP Is a Limited Measure
September 14, 2009 – Marketplace
Health Habits vs. Life Expectancy vs. Spending
August 19, 2009 – New York Times Economix Blog
Philanthropy In/Sight: Mapping the Future
July 22, 2009 – Philantopic