News

September 2013

September 4th 2013
Measure of America codirectors Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis contributed a chapter titled "Well-Being in the Golden State: The Five Californias of the Human Development Index" to the third edition of Governing California: Politics, Government, and Public Policy in the Golden State (Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley, 2013) →

July 2013

July 12th 2013
Measure of America's A Portrait of California featured in NPR All Tech Considered article, "Closing the Tech Industry's Gender Gap Requires Better Data" →
July 10th 2013
Measure of America codirectors Kristen Lewis and Sarah Burd-Sharps write for the Huffington Post on the societal risks of ignoring non-income inequalities →
July 3rd 2013
The Seattle Times reports that Measure of America's American Human Development Index "is as close to a gold standard as we're likely to find" →

June 2013

June 24th 2013
The Measure of America 2013-2014 featured in the Baltimore Sun, with a focus on Maryland's ranking on the American Human Development Index →
June 21st 2013
"Americans Healthier, More Educated—and Poorer": Bloomberg reports on Measure of America findings →
June 21st 2013
American Public Media's Marketplace looks at the Measure of America program's American Human Development Index and presents data from their latest report, The Measure of America 2013-2014 →
June 20th 2013
Chelsea Clinton cites Measure of America's 2012 report One in Seven: Ranking Youth Disconnection in the 25 Largest Metro Areas in an article for the Huffington Post →
June 20th 2013
"Well Being Rises in Every State but Michigan": the Wall Street Journal reports on Measure of America's analysis of human development in the United States since 2000 →
June 19th 2013
Just released: The Measure of America 2013–2014, the third national report from the Measure of America program, uses the American Human Development Index to assess the current state of health, education, and earnings across the United States →

March 2013

March 22nd 2013
"Am I Poor?": watch Measure of America codirector Kristen Lewis on a HuffPost Live panel about defining and measuring poverty →
March 1st 2013
Measure of America codirectors Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis write op-ed for Stanford Social Innovation Review on "The State of America's Well-being" →

November 2012

November 27th 2012
Measure of America codirectors Kristen Lewis and Sarah Burd-Sharps outline the long-term economic savings that would result from investment in public infrastructure like prisoner education and emergency response systems in a commentary for Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity →

October 2012

October 23rd 2012
Measure of America codirector Kristen Lewis describes the diminished economic security of middle-class American families for U.S. News and World Report →

May 2010

May 7th 2010
Kristen Lewis & Sarah Burd-Sharps of SSRC’s American Human Development Project respond to David Brooks in the NY Times →

September 2009

September 18th 2009
CBS affiliate WWL-TV Channel carries story on SSRC's A Portrait of Louisiana, leads with stats on life expectancy for African Americans in New Orleans. →
September 11th 2009
SSRC’s American Human Development Project announces the release of A Portrait of Louisiana, available Sept 17. →

May 2009

May 28th 2009
Program directors Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis guest blog on NYT’s Economix about importance of measuring human development within America. →
May 18th 2009
“We Can Pay for Education Today–Or Prisons Tomorrow”: the very first Huffington Post blog entry by program directors Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis. →
May 13th 2009
Article about the Common Good Forecaster, new tool of the American Human Development Report, appears in USA Today. →