Reviews of Abandoned
- Shelf Awareness (starred review), March 24, 2020.
- Jeff Rowe, “Review: Author Anne Kim writes about America’s ‘lost youth,'” Associated Press, Feb. 27, 2020.
- Naomi Schaefer Riley, “Abandoned Review: No Foothold on a Future,” Wall Street Journal, Feb. 10, 2020.
- Alex Kotlowitz, “The Kids Are Not Alright,” Washington Monthly, Jan/Feb/Mar 2020.
- Kirkus Reviews (starred review), Nov. 11, 2019.
- Publishers Weekly, Nov. 21, 2019.
- Booklist, Dec. 1, 2019.
Radio Interviews and Podcasts
- “Does Job Corps Work?” Hardly Working podcast, with Brent Orrell, May 20, 2021.
- EWA Radio Podcast, “No School, No Work, No Chance,” with Emily Richmond, April 27, 2021.
- WAMC, “Best of Our Knowledge,” with Bob Barrett, July 16, 2020.
- Hardly Working Podcast with Brent Orrell, May 27, 2020.
- Kansas Public Radio, “Conversations” with Dan Skinner, April 15, 2020.
- WFAN-NYC, “Bob Salter Show,” April 12, 2020.
- Jefferson Public Radio – Southern Oregon University, “The Jefferson Exchange,” with Geoffrey Riley, March 16, 2020.
- Northeast Public Radio, “The Best of Our Knowledge” with Bob Barrett, March 12, 2020.
- KPFA and FreeSpeech TV, “Rising Up with Sonali” with Sonali Kolhatkar, March 10, 2020.
- WJMS Radio, “Sound Off” with Jaymie Bowles, March 7, 2020.
- WGTD 91.1 FM, NPR Affiliate, Kenosha, WI. “The Morning Show” with Greg Berg, March 5, 2020.
- WRKF 89.3, NPR Affiliate, Baton Rouge, LA. “Talk Louisiana” with guest host Jan Swift, March 2, 2020.
- “Who. What. Why.” with Peter Collins, March 2, 2020.
- “ChatChat” with Claudia Cragg, Denver, CO, Feb. 27, 2020.
- WSCA 106.1FM, Portsmouth, NH. “Keeping Democracy Alive” with Burt Cohen, Feb. 21, 2020.
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio, “The Roundtable” with Joe Donohue, Feb. 21, 2020.
- WUML 91.5, Lowell, MA. “Thinking Out Loud” with Charlotte Crockford, Feb. 20, 2020.
- ConversationsLive with Cyrus Webb, BlogTalkRadio, Feb. 13, 2020.
- WICN-90.5, Worcester, MA. “Public Eye” with Al Vuona, Feb. 9, 2020.
- WDVR-89.7, Delaware Township, NJ. “The World of Work with Shep Cohen,” Jan. 31, 2020.
- Interview with Peter Bermudes about Abandoned.
- EWA Radio, Education Deserts: Who Lives in Them and Why It Matters, Aug. 29, 2018
- SiriusXM Radio, The Michael Smerconish Program, June 3, 2015.
- Minnesota Public Radio, “Why it’s hard to be a moderate in Congress,” June 2, 2015.
TV Interviews
- C-SPAN, Democratic Agenda and 2018 Elections, July 12, 2018.
- C-SPAN, Cash Bail System in the U.S., January 28, 2017.
- C-SPAN, “Inside Politics Press Breakfast,” December 15, 2010
Panels
- Launch event, STEM Voices, American Enterprise Institute, May 3, 2022
- Panel moderator, Boosting Growth Across More of America, Brookings Institution, January 9, 2020
- The business case for expanding apprenticeships, Brookings Institution, March 1, 2021
- Redefining what a good college is, New America Foundation, October 17, 2019
- Higher education for everyone, New America Foundation, October 24, 2018
- Democratic agenda and 2018 election, New Democracy, July 12, 2018 (via CSPAN)
- Reducing poverty and increasing opportunity: Envisioning the Next 20 Years, Urban Institute, September 13, 2016
- Restoring the Free Trade Consensus, CATO Institute, April 28, 2009
Other
- Andrea Cipriano, “The Crisis of America’s Disconnected Youth – And How to Connect Them,” The Crime Report, March 17, 2020.
- Dan Kohf and Justin Rohrlich, “No U.S. city fines people like Washington fines people,” Quartz, Jan. 29, 2020.
- Paul Kane, “Democratic Success in Trump Districts Forces a Reckoning on How Party Governs,” Washington Post, Nov. 13, 2018.
- New America Foundation, “Higher Education for Everyone,” Oct. 24, 2018
- Jim Tankersley, Democrats’ Next Big Thing: Guaranteed Jobs, New York Times, May 22, 2018.
- Jeff Stein, “A Semi-Radical Plan to Elect More Moderates to Congress,” February 9, 2016
- Kim Geiger, “Being a Centrist Is Expensive,” Los Angeles Times, August 18, 2011
- Reid J. Epstein, “Study: Centrists Must Spend More,” Politico, August 18, 2011
- David Catanese, “The High Price of Moderation,” Politico, August 18, 2011
- FOX, “Health Care Waiver on the Menu,” October 7, 2010
- Gerald Seib, “Democrats Try to Crack Mystery Over Missing Voters,” Wall Street Journal, November 23, 2010
- James Hohmann, “Poll: Non-Voters Split Over Obama,” Politico, November 17, 2010
- Matt Bai, “‘Blame the Blue Dogs’ Theory for Democratic Losses Doesn’t Add Up,” The New York Times, November 8, 2010
- Michael Shear, “Is Obama Being Too Timid?“, The New York Times, October 28, 2010
- Ezra Klein, “The Case Against a Foreclosure Moratorium,” The Washington Post, October 20, 2010
- Jim Angle, “All in Moderation: Dems and GOP Need the Same Voters,” Fox News, October, 7, 2010
- Peter Baker, “Obama Strains to Get Liberals Back Into Fold Ahead of Vote,” The New York Times, October 5, 2010
- David S. Broder, “The New Math Adds Up to Losses for Democrats,” The Washington Post, September 30, 2010
- Jim Angle, “All in Moderation: Dems and GOP Need the Same Voters,” Fox News, October 7, 2010
- Jim Angle, “Young People Could Bear the Brunt of Health Insurance Mandate,” Fox News, January 5, 2010
- Jim Angle, “Controlling Costs of Health Reform Relies on Young Americans Buying Insurance”, Fox News, November 24, 2009
- Kristen Jensen and Laura Litvan, “Senate has miles to go on health care after vote,” Bloomberg.com, October 14, 2009
- Lou Dobbs Tonight, “Health Care Showdown,” September 2, 2009, CNN (at 7:23) (transcript)
- Major Garrett, “Obama’s Big Health Care Speech and Echoes of Clinton,” Fox News, September 2, 2009
- Major Garett, Echoes of Clinton in 1993 Could Haunt Obama’s Speech to Congress on Health Care, Fox News, September 2, 2009
- Kimberly Dozier, “Health Care Weighs on Obama’s Popularity,” CBS News, August 22, 2009
- CNBC, “Jobs Key to Recovery?“, October 14, 2009
- CNBC, “TARP for Homeowners?“, October 6, 2009
- CNBC, “Reading Vital Signs,” August 27, 2009
- CNBC, “Wall Street Tuning Out Washington?“, July 24, 2009
- CNBC, “Budget Breaks Through $1 Trillion,” July 14, 2009
- CNBC, “Should Greenspan Speak Out?“, June 26, 2009
- CNBC, “Lewis Gets Grilled on the Hill,” June 11, 2009
- CNBC, “Regulation Overdrive?“, May 20, 2009
- Josephine Hearn, “Free Trade Fisticuffs,” Politico, November 6, 2007
- David Brooks, “Who’s Afraid of the New Economy?“, The New York Times, February 11, 2007
- David Cay Johnston, “Loans to Poor at Tax Time Are Criticized,” The New York Times, May 21, 2002