Duluth News Tribune “Our View: Parade disinterest part of troubling trend” (New Tribune Editorial Board, 05/16/17)

Youthtoday “Out-of-School Time Organizations Play Pivotal Role” (Stell Simonton, 05/01/17)

Quartz “Filming Takes Place in Springfield for Documentary to Air Nationwide on PBS“ (Michael Skalicky, 04/26/17)

Quartz “There’s a better way to celebrate take your kids to work day: Taking someone else’s kid instead” (Richard Reeves, 04/24/17)

The Harvard Crimson “Daily Katrina: Education is a Three Front War” (John Muresianu, 03/24/17)

Media Policy Center, Vimeo “Robert Putnam speaking about ‘Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis’” (03/04/17)

Robert Putnam speaking about “Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis” from Media Policy Center on Vimeo.

New York Times “Where Americans Come Together” (Mary Pilon, 01/27/17)

Wired “How Pollsters Missed the ‘Bowling Alone’ Voters that Handed Trump the Presidency” (Garret Graff, 11/15/16)

Freakonomics ” Trust Me” (Stephen Dubner, produced by Greg Rosalsky, 11/10/16)

The Economist “Voters and the media: How Americans’ media habits can predict how they will vote” (I.K., 11/07/16)

Brookings Institute “Trouble in the land of early childhood education?” (Ron Haskins & Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, 10/26/16)

Harvard Business Review “Start Networking with People Outside Your Industry” (Dorie Clark, 10/20/16)

Grapple Podcast “Breaking Down the American Dream with Robert Putnam” (Naomi Starobin, 10/06/16)

The Boston Globe “Our opportunity nation“ (Alan Khazei & John Bridgeland, 09/09/16)

Boise State Public Radio “Author Robert Putnam on the Divergent Opportunities for America’s Children“ (Bob Kustra, 08/12/16)

Vox “This election isn’t about right vs. left. It’s about “we” vs. “I.“” (Harold Pollack, 08/08/16)

The Brookings Institute”Social Mobility: A promise that could still be kept“ (Richard Reeves & Isabel Sawhill, 07/29/16)

Vox “The Vox Conversation: Hillary Clinton” (Ezra Klein, 07/11/16)

Fox News Talkshow: Talkenomics “Ep. 5 – Robert Putnam – The American Dream in Crisi: USA Becoming Two Class Society, Rich and Poor” (04/04/16)

Conversations with Bill Kristol “Robert D. Putnam on our Civic Life in Decline” (Bill Kristol, 3/13/16)

New York Times “America’s Stacked Deck” (Nicholas Kristof, 2/18/16)

Harvard Graduate School of Education Podcast “Harvard EdCast: Cynics with Good Reason” (Matt Weber, 2/10/16)

U.S. News “The Rich and the Rest” (Christina Pazzanese, 2/09/16)

London Review of Books “The Inequality Problem” (Ed Miliband, 2/04/16)

CommonWealth “The downsides of Prop. 2 1/2 and Community Preservation Act” (Lawrence Dicara & Michael Nicholson, 12/17/15)

Het Financiële Dagblad “Het is niet meer zo dat de beste klimmers het hoogst komen” (Cees van Lotringen, 11/27/15)*-**

The John Adams Institute “Amerikaan heft lot niet in eigen hand” (Gus Vaalk, 10/31/15)**

Royal Society of Arts “RSA Replay: Closing the Opportunity Gap“ (RSA Replay, 10/14/15)

The Federalist “The Trouble with Kids Today” (Charles Murray, 9/17/15)

National Association of Evangelicals “The Growing Class Gap Among American Young People” (Leith Anderson & Robert Putnam, 9/15/15)

Public Radio International “When you can’t play ball for your school because you’re poor” (Kirk Carapezza, 9/15/15)

Politico “Politico 50: Robert Putnam” (9/10/15)

MPRNews “Aspen Ideas Festival: Robert Putnam on ‘Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis” (8/14/15)

LinkedIn “LinkedIn Speaker Series: Robert Putnam” (8/13/15)

Radio Boston “In New Book, Bowling Alone’ Author Examines Impact of Economic Inequality on Kids” (5/27/15)

Detroit Public TV “Robert Putnam on Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis – 2015 L.A. Times Festival of Books” (5/4/15)

The New York Review of Books “Unhappy Days in America” (Nicholas Lemann, 5/21/15)

Washington Post “Politicians must get bolder about treating America’s urban problems” (Michael Gerson, 5/4/15)

The Economist “Minding the nurture gap” (3/21/15)

The New Yorker “Richer and Poorer” (Jill LePore, 3/16/15)

New York Times. “’Our Kids,’ by Robert D. Putnam” (Jason DeParle, 3/4/15)

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TribLive “Some Rotary, Kiwanis clubs in Western Pennsylvania struggle to avoid collapse” (Matthew Santoni, 04/09/17)

Breakpoint “Religion and Inequality” (Eric Metaxes & Roberto Rivera, 04/05/17)

Sentinel & Enterprise “Putnam talks inequality during Fitchburg State seminar” (Amanda Burke, 04/05/17)

TribLive “Expert on challenges of coal country to lecture at Pitt” (Ben Schmitt, 04/03/17)

Bloomberg View “How Utah Keeps the American Dream Alive” (Megan McArdle, 03/28/17)

Huffington Post “Collecting Apples and Polishing Chestnuts: If Only…” (Karen Gross, 03/20/17)

Winona Daily News “Q&A: Climing out of our bunkers – a conversation with Michael Gerson” (03/19/17)

Phys.org “Sensitive genotypes yield disadvantage in poor families, but advantage in wealthier ones” (03/13/17)

Fast Company “How Will the Rise of Crowdfunding Reshape How We Give to Charity?” (Ben Paynter, 03/13/17)

The Christian Post “Christians: We Should Be More Neighborly” (Eric Metaxas, 03/11/17)

Watertown Public Opinion “How social media stands to heal political divides – if only we’d let it” (Chandra Johnson, 03/09/17)

Tufts Daily “NPR correspondent moderates panel on civic life post-election” (Daniel Nelson, 03/08/17)

Washington Post “Americans have lost faith in institutions. That’s not because of Trump or ‘fake news’” (Bill Bishop, 03/03/17)

Quad-City Times “Quad-Cities respond to children in crisis” (Deirdre Cox Baker, 02/27/17)

Quartz Media “Bill Gates has humble expectations for the biggest issue tech can solve in the next 10 years” (Sarah Kessler, 02/27/17)

Our Quad Cities “Is the American Dream an idea of the past?” (Tahera Rahman, 02/07/17)

Huffington Post “It’s Not American Carnage. It Is An Urban Crisis.“ (Robert Hall, 01/27/17)

Huffington Post “It’s Not American Carnage. It Is An Urban Crisis.“ (Robert Hall, 01/27/17)

PopDust “Do You Use Social Media as a Television or a Telephone?” (George Robson, 01/30/17)

Huffington Post “The New Religion: Destructive Escalation” (Robert Hall, 01/27/17)

Prospect”Turning the March into a Movement” (Peter Dreier & Donald Cohen, 01/24/17)

Education Week “College Readiness: Are Different Definitions Driving Inequality?” (Marc Tucker, 01/19/17)

StarTribune “Minneapolis Fed launches institute to tackle racial and economic disparities“ (Adam Belz, 01/18/17)

The Florida Times-Union “America must deal with the scourge of child poverty“ (Adam Belz, 01/18/17)

Huffington Post “Separate and Unequal, That’s America for Our Kids, says Robert Putnam” (Dora Calot Wang, 01/09/17)

WLRN “Robert Putnam” (Joseph Cooper, Bonnie Berman, Richard Ives & Polly Landes, 01/09/17)

Saint James Plaindealer “Grow Our Own summit inspires attendees to work to support all southwest Minnesota kids” (01/09/17)

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Newsbeat “Poor kids in America lose out as income disparities widen” (Cindy Foster, 01/09/17)

The Beacon “Port Clinton City Council votes unanimously to support Voice to Vision” (Jasmine Cupp, 01/04/17)

Pensacola News Journal “Viewpoint: Be more civically engaged in 2017” (Amy Miller and Diane Mack, 12/31/16)

Daily Globe “Closing the gap: Marshall conference explores on-ramps for southwest Minnesota children” (Karl Evers-Hillstrom, 12/15/16)

Marshall Independent “Looking to the future – our children” (Deb Gau, 12/15/16)

Huffington Post “A Manifesto for American Education” (Joseph Gauld, 12/15/16)

Quad-City Times “Gap widens between rich and poor, Harvard expert says” (Brian Wellner, 12/14/16)

Dispatch-Argus “Editorial: Why join battle to close opportunity gap for Q-C kids?” (12/14/16)

Cato Journal “Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis“ (Matt Warner, Winter 2016)

The Commercial Appeal “Asking what people want” (Ted Evanoff, 11/19/16)

The Philadelphia Citizen “OMG. The Election Results Forced Me to Realize I’m a Cultural Elitist” (Larry Platt, 11/18/16)

Inside Philanthropy “Hollowed Out: Big Donors, Inequality, and the Threat to Civil Society” (David Callahan, 11/17/16)

NewsMax “Trump’s Election Leading Some to Change Holiday Plans” (Todd Beamon, 11/15/16)

The Straits Times “The case for building new HDB flats in the city centre” (Wu Wei Neng & Louisa-May Koo, 11/04/16)

Charlotte Observer “Are elected officials committed to fixing Charlotte’s affordable housing shortage?” (Mike Rizer, 11/03/16)

The Future of Children “Trouble in the Land of Early Childhood Education?” (Ron Haskins & Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Fall 2016)

The 74 “What Would Hillary Do on Education? Community-Focused Reading List Offers Clues” (Conor Williams, 10/26/16)

Boonville Daily News “Schools look to strengthen as families weaken” (R.D. Hohenfeldt, 10/22/16)

Youth Today  “Afterschool Alliance Report: Add After-school programs to High-Poverty Areas to Close Achievement Gap” (Stell Simonton, 10/07/16)

CityLab from the Atlantic “What If No One Is Actually Bowling Alone?” (Richard Florida, 10/04/16)

The Columbian  “Panel looks at American Dream, inequality” (Troy Brynelson, 10/09/16)

Grapple Podcast “Episode 06: Breaking Down the American Dream with Robert Putnam” (Naomi Starobin, 10/05/16)

Huffington Post “Thrive More” (Chris Norwood, 10/03/16)

AEIdeas “Acting together without being acted upon: Civil society conservatism” (Andy Smarick, 10/03/16)

Pensacola News Journal “Escambia County children deserve more reading time” (Randy Hammer, 10/01/16)

Texas A&M Liberal Arts “A full house for Common Ground” (Heather Rodriguez, 09/30/16)

Hillsboro United “Service clubs struggle as members age and volunteerism evolves” (Stephanie Haugen, 09/29/16)

The Torch “‘Our Kids’” (Patrick Griffin, 09/28/16)

The New York Times “Modern Housing With Village Virtues“ (Courtney Martin, 09/20/16)

The Atlantic “What America Lost as Women Entered the Workforce“ (Emma Green, 09/19/16)

The Federalist “How The Collapse of American Community Has Fed Donald Trump“ (John Daniel Davidson, 09/19/16)

The Daily Journal “Social capital in education reform“ (Jonathan Madison, 09/13/16)

Distraction with Dr. Ned Hallowell “Robert Putnam on Why You Should Care About Other People’s Kids“ (Dr. Ned Hallowell, 09/08/16)

Huffington Post “An American Elegy“ (Frank Islam & Ed Crego, 09/06/16)

Philanthropy Roundtable “Beware of Blind Spots“ (Michael Gerson & Peter Wehner, Summer 2016)

live mint “The economic value of trust” (Roshan Kishore, 08/24/16)

The Daily Ardmoreite “Putting ‘Our Kids,’ child poverty on the political agenda“ (Rick Holmes, 08/08/16)

The Irish Times “Inequality is the scourge of every generation“ (Paul Gillespie, 08/06/16)

Connecticut by the numbers “Pay to Play Worsens Widening Economic Gap Evident in America’s Schools, Putnam says in Hartford” (07/21/16)

Reading Eagle “Basketball league shows power of bringing people together“ (Louis Shucker, 07/20/16)

Sandusky Register “Clinton likes book by Port Clinton’s Putnam“ (Tom Jackson, 07/14/16)

The Kansas City Star “Service clubs push against fading influence to find new members“ (Ruth Serven, 07/10/16)

Catholic Philly “American Dream is slipping through the class divides“ (Father William J. Byron, 06/28/16)

The Wichita Eagle “Building a strong ‘we’“ (Mark McCormick, 06/27/16)

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript “Growing divide between affluent and poor students“ (Ashley Saari, 06/27/16)

Charleston Gazette-Mail “Sanders, Trump differ on how to restore chance to live American Dream” (James A. White, 05/29/16)

New York Times “The Fragmented Society“ (David Brooks, 05/20/16)

New York Times “Don’t Blame Diversity for Distrust“ (Maria Abascal & Belia Baldassarri, 05/20/16)

American Enterprise Institute “American nostalgia, but for the wrong era” (Michael Barone, 05/16/16)

Post-Bulletin “The Education Village at WSU: Transforming teachers and our future” (James E. Shul, 05/13/16)

Vox “The wealthier you get, the less social you are. Here’s why it matters” (Josh Rosenblat, 05/05/16)

WDEL 101.7 FM “Harvard Researcher: Opportunity gap grows as child’s success depends on parents’ socioeconomic status” (Amy Cherry, 05/03/16)

The Okhlahoman “Family talk: both families, communities must help bridge the opportunity gap” (Jim Priest, 05/02/16)

Springfield Business Journal “Without Action, Poverty hole could sink city” (Eric Olson, 05/02/16)

Christian Science Monitor “How a ‘parenting arms race’ is causing kids to grow up segregated” (Jessica Mendoza, 04/27/16)

Argus Leader “Now is the time to invest in ‘Our Kids‘” (Randell Beck, 04/27/16)

American Enterprise Institute “New York exceptionalism and Donald Trump” (Michael Barone, 04/18/16)

Springfield News-Leader “It’s up to Springfield to provide opportunities for all” (Mike White, 04/16/16)

Washington Post “This research from Nigeria shows us how a government can build a tax base” (Adrienne LaBas, 04/15/16)

Springfield News-Leader “Return on investment in early childhood education speaks for itself” (Dana Carroll, 04/15/16)

KSMU Ozarks Public Radio “Closing Opportunity Gap, Harvard Professor Praises Springfield’s Efforts “(Han Zhao, 04/09/16)

Springfield News-Leader “Harvard’s Robert Putnam addresses Springfield’s poverty alleviation efforts” (Alissa Zhu, 04/08/16)

Huffington Post “An Encore of Service” (John Bridgeland and Shirley Sagawa, 04/07/16)

Media Policy Center “Our Kids, Hosted by Robert Putnam“ (04/01/16)

Sentinel & Enterprise “His solution to class gap? Community” (Peter Jasinski, 03/26/16)

The News & Observer “Christensen: It’s all about the blues in the economy” (Rob Christensen, 03/25/16)

PRX Radio from Reader’s Corner with Bob Kustra “Robert Putnam, author of ‘Our Kids‘” (Bob Kustra 03/24/16)

yes! Magazine “How Can Public Schools Stop Amplifying Inequality?“ (Bill Bigelow, 03/21/16)

The Observer “Lecture explores effects of modern socioeconomic gap” (Courtney Becker, 03/18/16)

Lexington Minuteman “Rep. Jay Kaufman’s ‘Open House’ to feature Harvard professor Robert Putnam” (03/14/16)

Atlanta NPR, 90.1 WABE “Commentary: Education Can Bridge Atlanta’s ‘Opportunity Gap’”  (Maria Saporta, 03/09/16)

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Winter 2015

Saporta Report “Robert Putnam and Atlanta leaders seek to bridge ‘opportunity gap'” (Maria Saporta, 03/07/16)

Harvard Gazette “The costs of inequality: Education’s the one key that rules them all” (02/15/16)

The Norman Transcript “Harvard Professor, author Robert Putnam imparts wisdom at OU” (01/21/16)

OU Daily “Harvard professor speaks at OU about impact of economic inequality on children “ (Derric Cushman, 01/20/16)

The Beacon “Rick Santorum talks about Port Clinton at Republican “ (John Shaffner, 01/20/16)

Fortune “How to Use Your Network to Become a Power Connector“ (Avery Blank, 01/20/16)

The Atlantic “The Importance of High-School Mentors” (Alyza Sebenius, 01/13/16)

the guardian “Inequality is a problem schools alone can’t fix” (Tristram Hunt, 01/12/16)

BBC News “David Cameron pledges ‘assault on poverty’  with social reforms” (01/11/16)

Delaware Online “Children and Poverty in Delaware” (Stacey Beck & Eleanor Craig, 12/21/15)

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Fall 2015

a view from the bridge “The top 20: a year of reading immersively” (Barbara Kiser, 12/16/15)

Journal-News “Should pay-to-play fees be eliminated?” (Jeremy P. Kelley and Michael D. Pitman, 12/07/15)

The Economist “Shelf Life” (12/05/15)

The Telegraph “Closing the opportunity gap” (Dan Weeks, 11/29/15)*

The Witherspoon Institute “The American Dream in Crisis: It’s Time for a New Moynihan  Moment” (Ben Peterson, 11/23/15)

The Christian Century “Our Kids, by Robert D. Putnam” (Timothy Renick, 11/23/15)

The Witherspoon Institute “The American Dream in Crisis: It’s Time for a New Moynihan Movement” (Ben Peterson, 11/23/15)

The Columbus Dispatch “Lawmakers, school administrators discuss ending pay-to-play fees” (Jim Siegel, 11/12/15)

National Catholic Reporter “Book a sobering account of growing gap between more and less affluent” (Paul Lakeland, 10/7/15)

Hufvudstadsbladet (Hbl) “‘Immigrants are a great asset‘” (Catherine Koivisto, 10/3/15)

Democrat & Chronicle “Bryant: Five ways to help ‘Our Kids’” (Erica Bryant, 10/2/15)

WAMC Radio “Author Robert D. Putnam to Host Forum on Income Inequality” (Ray Graf, 9/16/15)

Santa Monica Daily Press “Renewing our commitment to equity in education and access to opportunity” (Santa Monica Forward, 9/15/15)

The News-Gazette “Esther Cepeda: A better education for everyone” (Esther Cepeda, 9/13/15)

Springfield News-Leader “We are all accountable for our children’s success” (Dana Carroll, 9/11/15)

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Summer 2015

Linking Indiana “Is the American Dream in Crisis? LinkedIn Speaker Series with Professor Robert D. Putnam” (8/26/15)

Columbia Daily Tribune “Stiepleman address Columbia Rotary South about education challenges for poor kids” (Roger McKinney, 8/25/15)

The Recorder “Bos/My Turn: Dream becomes nightmare” (John Bos, 8/25/15)

Huffington Post “What if We Wanted for All Kids What We Want for Our Kids” (8/3/15)

Springfield News-Leader “Lessons from Saturday night bridge group” (Jennifer Baker, 8/3/15)

The American Spectator “A Timid Take on Economic Inequality” (David Bass, 7/27/15)

Minding the Campus “Robert Putnam Knows the Reason The American Dream is Fading” (7/19/15)

The Des Moines Register “Expert: Iowa can start conversation on inequality of opportunity” (Jason Noble, 7/10/15)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “The more opportunity kids have, the brighter our future, author says” (Alan Borsuk, 7/4/15)

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The Daily Beast “Inequality: Where Right and Left Agree” (Eleanor Clift, 6/30/15)

Forbes “Improving Mobility for Our Kids: Starting Early is Key” (Aparna Mathur, 6/29/15)

Boston Herald “Harvard prof warns America divided by wealth barriers” (Jordan Graham, 6/24/15)

The Washington Free Beacon “The Kids Are Coming Apart” (Andrew Evans, 6/23/15)

Chalkbeat Colorado “Harvard professor sheds light on the plight of the American poor” (Susan Gonzalez, 6/18/15)

Brookings Institute “Brookings Scholars’ Take on “Our Kids” (Joanna Venator and Richard Reeves, 6/16/15)

The Australian Financial Review “Class structure is surprisingly strong in the United States” (Alan Wolfe, 6/16/15)

National Journal “30-Million ‘Word Gap’ Divides Rich and Poor Kids” (Carolina Gonzalez, 6/15/15)

NPR KQED Radio “ ‘Bowling Alone’ Author Robert Putnam Takes on America’s Opportunity Gap” (Michael Krasny, 6/11/15)

Times Higher Education “Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, by Robert D. Putnam” (Angelia Wilson, 6/9/15)

Huffington Post “Our Kids and Theirs” (Martin Marty, 6/8/15)

University of Chicago Divinity School “Our Kids and Theirs” (6/8/15)

Fox News Radio “Putnam: Political ‘Shouting Matches’ Only Hurt Our Children” (Alan Colmes, 6/3/15)

National Review “Can a Poor Community Rebuild Social Capital” (Michael Petrilli, 6/3/15)

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Spring 2015

The Gleaner “Why Good Parenting Matters” (Ian Boyne, 5/31/15)

The Irish Times “Breda O’Brien: Fintan O’Toole’s appeal on child poverty is worthy of support” (Breda O’Brien, 5/30/15)

AJC “Goodnight Moon and opportunity: A worrisome gap between rich and poor” (Maureen Downey, 5/28/15)

Washington Post “In need of a summer read? Jeb Bush has some suggestions.” (Ed O’Keefe, 5/28/15)

Duluth News Tribune “Local view: Ranked-choice voting essential to secure democracy for all” (Bob and Sharon Wahman, 5/28/15)

Brookings Institute “Inequality and social mobility: Be afraid” (Isabel Sawhill, 5/27/15)

Washington Post “Your early summer reading list” (Daniel Drezner, 5/26/25)

Duluth News Tribune “Our View: Move slowly on ‘pay to play’” (5/19/15)

The Fordham Institute “The American Dream in Crisis: A conversation with Robert Putnam” (5/18/15)

Cleveland “‘Our Kids’ face a widening opportunity gap that must be closed: Brent Larkin” (Brent Larkin, 5/15/15)

Bloomberg View “Restoring Hope for ‘Our Kids’” (Megan McArdle, 5/14/15)

The American Prospect “The Real Story of the American Family” (Stephanie Coontz, 5/14/15)

Brookings Institute “Question: Is poverty an economic or cultural problem? Answer: Yes.” (Richard Reeves, 5/14/15)

New Hampshire Public Radio “Putnam: Closing The ‘Opportunity Gap’ For Our Kids Would Benefit Everyone” (The Exchange, 5/14/15)

The New Yorker “The President and Poverty” (Paul Elie, 5/13/15)

National Catholic Reporter “Georgetown poverty summit, Obama describes a ‘great sorting’ by class” (Vinnie Rotondaro, 5/13/15)

National Public Radio “Obama: We Must ‘Guard Against Cynicism’ When It Comes To Poverty” (Scott Horsley, 5/12/15)

Politico “Obama calls out financiers, conservatives and churches on poverty” (Sarah Wheaton, 5/12/15)

New York Times “Obama Urges Liberals and Conservatives to Unite on Poverty” (Michael Shear, 5/12/15)

Georgetown University “Obama Joins Summit on Overcoming Poverty in U.S. at Georgetown” (5/12/15)

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CatholicPhilly “‘Inequality of opportunity’ termed a root cause of societal decline” (Mark Pattison, 5/12/15)

Time “Pope Francis’ Poverty Agenda Draws President Obama” (Elizabeth Dias, 5/11/15)

Washington Post “Have faith groups been too absent in the fight on poverty? A Q&A with Robert Putnam” (Michelle Boorstein, 5/11/15)

The Metro West Daily News “Gerson: Urban poverty’s intricate knot” (5/8/15)

National Catholic Reporter “Obama to attend Georgetown University poverty summit next week” (Michael Sean Winters, 5/7/15)

Cortez Journal “Trying to untie the intricate knot of urban poverty” (5/7/15)

Book Lust with Nancy Pearl “Book Lust with Nancy Pearl featuring Robert Putnam” (5/7/15)

Huffington Post “American Innovation Can Narrow the Opportunity Gap for Our Kids” (Wendy Lazarus, 5/6/15)

Denison Forum on Truth and Culture “A Review of Robert Putnam’s Our Kids” (Nick Pitts, 5/6/15)

WDIO “Harvard Author Talks Opportunity Gap in Duluth” (5/6/15)

UT San Diego “Michael Gerson: The intricate knot of urban poverty” (5/4/15)

Crosscut “Kids and the American dream denied. A conversation with author Robert Putnam” (David Kroman, 5/4/15)

USC Price Center for Social Innovation “Putnam describes ‘opportunity gap’ between rich, poor at Price Center talk” (Matthew Kredell, 5/1/15)

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Richmond Times-Dispatch “Sociologist discusses consequences of segregated housing” (4/30/15)

Shared Justice “The Dream in Crisis: Poverty’s Toll on Our Kids” (Michael Gerson, 4/29/15)

Huffington Post “Robert Putnam – Any Why Community Schools Matter” (Martin Blank, 4/28/15)

Capital Commentary “Championing Our Kids” (Michael Gerson, 4/27/15)

Times of Malta “Investing in Social Capital” (Michael Briguglio, 4/27/15)

The Wall Street Journal “For 2016, Middle-Class Woes Overshadow America’s Poor” (Robert Litan, 4/22/15)

Take Two “‘Our Kids’ book looks at wealth gap in Ohio town and the USA” (A Martinez and Sarah Sweeney, 4/21/15)

Sentinel Source “CASA looks out for ‘our kids’ who are sometimes forgotten” (Linda Armirotto, 4/21/15)

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation “American Dream in crisis, but solutions are in our grasp” (4/20/15)

Tavis Smiley “Harvard Professor/Author Robert Putnam” (4/20/15)

The Guardian “Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert D Putnam review – concerned scholarly” (Richard Reeves, 4/20/15)

Seacoast Online “Become special in a child’s life” (Linda Armirotto, 4/20/15)

LA Times “Festival of Books: Matt Taibbi, Steve Lopez on socio-economic clout” (Nathan Deuel, 4/19/15)

BBC MUNDO “Why the American Dream is endangered” (4/19/15)

Boston Globe “What the man behind the ‘American Dream’ really meant” (Globe Staff, 4/16/15)

American Thinker “Our Kids: Why They Are in Trouble” (John Horvat II, 4/26/15)

Irish Examner “The American dream has rapidly become a nightmare for the poor” (Victoria White, 4/16/15)

Huffington Post “Opportunity Inequality: The Plight of America’s Poor Kids” (Frank Islam and Ed Crego, 4/15/15)

Huffington Post “Our Kids: Could We Just Listen to Robert Putnam’s Plea to America?” (Karen Gross, 4/14/15)

Saporta Report “Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis” (Kathleen Wagner, 4/13/15)

Kansas City Post “Class divides are killing the American Dream, writes Robert Putnam in ‘Our Kids’” (4/11/15)

Seattle Times “Class divides are killing the American dream, writes Robert Putnam in ‘Our Kids’” (Alan Wolfe, 4/10/15)

ABC News “US developing into caste society: Robert Putnam” (4/10/15)

Caffeinated Thoughts “Rick Santorum Talks to Iowa State Legislators” (Shane Vander Hart, 4/9/15)

Christian Post “Harvard Professor Robert Puntam on Rich/Poor Opportunity Gap: Kids Need Two Parents, Churches Can Do More Than Government (Napp Nazworth, 4/9/15)

Christian Post.  “Poor Kids Devastated by Isolation From Family, Church, Community, Harvard Professor Robert Putnam Says” (Napp Nazworth, 4/8/15)

Huffington Post “Putnam’s Path Forward for ‘Our Kids’ Should Start With the Upside-Down Tax Code” (Andrea Levere, 4/7/15)

Global Times. “Social divide threatens all American value” (Charles Gray, 4/6/15)

Brattleboro Reformer. “We pay the price: sooner, or later” (4/4/15)

Brookings “Robert Putnam on ‘Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis’” (Brookings Cafeteria Podcast, 4/3/15)

Boston Public Radio WGBH “Robert Putnam on US Inequality: ‘Kids Are Living in Two Universes” (Will Roseliep, 4/3/15)

Yahoo Finance “Why fewer American kids will get a chance at upward mobility” (Joanna Campione, 4/1/15)

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Desert News “Poor American kids grow up without ‘airbags,’ Harvard professor says” (Eric Shulzke, 3/31/15)

Aspen Institute”WATCH LIVE: Robert Putnam Discusses his Latest Book ‘Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis” (Simone Peer, 3/30/15)

Brookings “Poverty, isolation, and opportunity” (Richard Reeves and Emily Cuddy, 3/31/15)

Huffington Post “Want to Solve Inequality and Child Poverty End the War on Drugs” (Inge Fryklund, 3/31/15)

Washington Post “Robert Putnam fights America’s ‘opportunity gap’ with religious fervor” (Cathy Lynn Grossman, 3/30/15)

Boston Herald “Barone: Some signs say breakdown in family can be fought” (Michael Barone, 3/30/15)

Huffington Post “The Cost of Doing Nothing” (Tracy Hoover, 3/30/15)

City Journal “Robert Putnam’s Mission” (Kay Hymowitz, 3/27/15)

National Review “Can America’s Family Break-Breakdown Problem Be Reversed?” (Michael Barone, 3/27/15)

Washington Post “What happens when gray mixes with brown in America” (Catherine Rampell, 3/26/15)

Washington Post “Why so many empty church pews? Here’s what money, sex, divorce and TV are doing to American Religion” (Bradford Wilcox, 3/26/15)

Brookings “Parents as college boosters: A social mobility challenge” (Richard Reeves, 3/26/15)

Sandusky Register “Reviews Pouring in for Robert Putnam book” (Tom Jackson, 3/25/15)

Chicago Tonight “Robert Putnam on the American Dream in Crisis” (Paul Caine, 3/24/15)

Illinois Public Media News “Robert Putnam: Growing Inequality Threatens The American Dream, But We Can Still Fix It” (3/23/15)

New Books In Political Science “Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis” (3/23/15)

CBS Money Watch “America’s next economic crisis is already here” (Aimee Picchi, 3/23/15)

Keene Sentinel “New book by Jaffrey author, Harvard professor, packs a punch” (Stephen Gilbert, 3/22/15)

The Blade “Port Clinton’s kids, then and now, speak to all of us” (Marina Bolotnikova, 3/22/15)

The Globe and Mail “Marriage is the new class divide” (Margaret Wente, 3/21/15)

Concord Monitor “Harvard’s Putnam sees Primary as way to shine spotlight on ‘opportunity gap’” (Iain Wilson, 3/21/15)

Mind Shift “Feeling Alone as the Opportunity Gap Widens for Kids” (Holly Korbey, 3/20/15)

The Economist  “The new class divide” (The Data Team, 3/20/15)

Cleveland “In ‘Our Kids,’ Ohio native Robert D. Putnam finds an ‘opportunity gap’ that few poor children can leap” (Robert L. Smith, 3/19/15)

PBS News Hour “What’s splitting a new generation of have and have-nots” (3/19/15)

PBS News Hour “Why you should care about other people’s kids” (Robert Putnam, 3/19/15)

Market Watch “Why the American Dream is unraveling, in 4 charts” (Jeremy Olshan, 3/19/15)

Market Watch “Why the American Dream is unraveling, in 4 charts” (Jeremy Olshan, 3/19/15)

WAMC Northeast Public Radio “‘Our Kids: The American Dream In Crisis’ By Robert Putnam” (Joe Donahue, 3/18/15)

To the Point “Is the American Dream out of Reach for Our Poor Kids?” (3/18/15)

LA Times “Poor kids’ brains don’t work as well as rich kids’ brains do” (Doyle McManus, 3/18/15)

The New Yorker “Iran, Inequality, and the Battle of American Norms” (Adam Gopink, 3/17/15)

The Atlantic “Growing Up Alone?” (Hope Reese, 3/18/15)

LA Times “How ‘social air bags’ for rich kids exacerbate unequal opportunity” (Doyle McManus, 3/17/15)

Market Watch “Rich kids use the Internet to get ahead, and poor kids use it ‘mindlessly’” (Jeremy Olshan, 3/17/15)

Bloomberg View “How Hollywood Can Save Our Families” (Megan McArdle, 3/17/15)

American Thinker “‘Our Kids’ are ‘Coming Apart’ Because Liberals” (Christoper Chantrill, 3/17/15)

The Week “Conservative scolds have a vision. But they don’t have a plan.” (Damon Linker, 3/17/15)

Washington Post “The effects of inequality on America’s kids” (Michael Gerson, 3/16/15)

New York Post “Tale of two Americas: It’s not all about race” (Rich Lowry, 3/16/15)

Vox “How low social mobility hurts children – and what we need to do about it” (Danielle Kurtzlebern, 3/16/15)

Slate “Yes, Culture Helped Kill the Two-Parent Family. And Liberals Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Admit It. “ (Jordan Weismann, 3/16/15)

National Review “Rosemary Putnam, Social Capitalist” (Kathryn Jean Lopez, 3/16/15)

Chicago Sun Times “About that neighbor on the subway” (Kathryn Jean Lopez, 3/15/15)

Duluth News Tribune “Local View: Duluth needs to support all ‘our kids’” (Doug Bowen-Bailey, 3/15/15)

St.Louis Post-Dispatch “In ‘Our Kids,’ author finds class, not race, is the controlling element” (Tim Bross, 3/15/15)

New York Times “For Poorer and Richer” (Ross Douthat, 3/14/15)

In These Times “On David Brooks and the ‘Moral Failures’ of the Poor” (Emmet Rensin, 3/14/15)

Forbes “How Bad Is Child Poverty?” (Adam Ozimek, 3/14/15)

*Houston Chronicle. “Social scientist opens discussion about race and class in ‘Our Kids’”(Alan Wolfe, 3/13/15)

MSNBC The Cycle “‘Income Inequality’ A Problem In Schools Because Some Kids Receive Better Parenting” (Ian Schwartz, 3/12/15)

HuffPost Live “Our Kids Author Robert D. Putnam LIVE” (Nancy Redd, 3/12/15)

The Christian Science Monitor “‘Our Kids’ suggests an American dream out of reach for many (David Hugh Smith, 3/12/15)

Chronicle of Higher Education “Can Robert Putnam Save the American Dream?” (Marc Parry, 3/12/15)

RollingStone “For David Brooks, the Rich Are People, the Poor Are Numbers” (Matt Taibbi, 3/11/15)

Wall Street Journal “Bootstraps Aren’t Enough” (Bradford Wilcox, 3/11/15)

New Republic “Income, Not Culture, is What Divides America Now” (Reuben Thomas Finighan, 3/11/15)

Washington Monthly “Immobile in America” (Richard D. Kahlenberg, 3/11/15)

CBS News Money Watch “Study: For poor U.S. kids, the bootstraps are tearing loose” (Aimee Picchi, 3/11/15)

Harvard Kennedy School Policy Cast “The End of The American Dream?” (Harvard Kennedy School, 3/11/15)

WBUR: On Point  with Tom Ashbrook “Why ‘Our Kids’ Aren’t Still Winning Today” (Tom Ashbrook, 3/11/15)

The Guardian “Our Kids by Robert Putnam review – stark portrait of grails facing millenials” (Nona Willis Aronowitz, 3/11/15)

Huffington Post “Our Kids, Our Future” (Jane Williams and Susan Sawyers, 3/11/14)

Harvard Kennedy School Magazine “Minding the Gap” (3/10/15)

The American Conservative “The Broken Social Contract” (Rod Dreher, 3/10/15)

The Conversation “The growing opportunity gap facing American children” (Reuben Thomas Finighan, 3/10/15)

National Catholic Reporter “Good News & Bad” (Michael Sean Winters, 3/10/15)

NPR “The Numbers Add Up To This: Less And Less Opportunity For Poor Kids” (Marilyn Geewax, 3/10/15)

Education Next “Behind the Headline: The Terrible Loneliness of Growing Up Poor in Robert Putnam’s America” (Education Next, 3/10/15)

Hugh Hewitt “Robert Putnam’s ‘Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis” (Hugh Hewitt, 3/9/15)

Education Week “Robert Putnam: When Did Poor Kids Stop Being ‘Our Kids’?” (Sarah D. Sparks, 3/9/15)

LinkedIn “The American Dream Is In Crisis, And Here’s How I know It” (Robert D. Putnam, 3/8/15)

NPR “‘Bowling Alone’ Author Tackles The American Dream” (Scott Simon, 3/7/15)

Brookings Institute “I’ll get by with a little help: Relationships and opportunity in America” (Richard V. Reeves and Emily Cuddy, 3/6/15)

Washington Post “Robert Putnam discusses economic inequality” (3/6/15)

Washington Post “Book review: ‘Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis’ by Robert D. Putnam” (Alan Wolfe, 3/6/15)

*Financial Times “Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis’, by Robert Putnam” (Francis Fukuyama, 3/6/15)

Swarthmore News & Events “Noted Author Robert Putnam ’63 Sees the American Dream in Crisis” (3/6/15)

Washington Post. “The terrible loneliness of growing up poor in Robert Putnam’s America” (Emily Badger, 3/6/15)

Kirkus Reviews. “Our Kids” (Kirkus Review, 3/3/15)

Sandusky Register. “Famed Port Clinton author to release new book” (Tom Jackson, 3/2/15)

Marginal Revolution. “Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis” (Tyler Cowen, 2/27/15)

 

To read more articles about Dr. Putnam’s work, visit the Saguaro Seminar website.

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