The American Well-Being Project

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Build brains better: A proposal for a White House Brain Capital Council to accelerate post-COVID recovery and resilience

Walter D. Dawson, Carol Graham, Erin Smith, Virginia Bennett, Carolee Lee, Geoff Ling, Sandra Bond Chapman, Bruce L. Miller, Thomas Insel, Brad Herbert, Rebecca Brune, and Harris A. Eyre

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Man with bowed head and clasped hands

America’s crisis of despair: A federal task force for economic recovery and societal well-being

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

The human costs of the pandemic: Is it time to prioritize well-being?

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Gary Connell reacts while talking about the economic impact to his hairstyling business after a nine-week disruption due to the stay-at-home order for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, outside Salon Plaza in Wheaton, Maryland, near Washington, U.S., June 11, 2020. Picture taken June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Well-being and mental health amid COVID-19: Differences in resilience across minorities and whites

Carol Graham, Yung Chun, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, and Stephen Roll

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Anita Monk and her neighbour John Everett dance during a Christmas Dinner event for older people at Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall in London, Britain December 25, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs - RC18585124A0

Longer, more optimistic lives: Historic optimism and life expectancy in the United States

Kelsey J. O’Connor and Carol Graham

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

A family member of a miner trapped underground in the Pike River coal mine sits outside a progress briefing by mine authorities and police in Greymouth on New Zealand's west coast November 23, 2010. Efforts to rescue 29 men trapped in a New Zealand coal mine suffered yet another setback on Tuesday after a robot sent into the main shaft broke down, adding to agonising delays as hopes for survivors faded. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (NEW ZEALAND - Tags: DISASTER BUSINESS) - RTXUXV9

The geography of desperation in America

Carol Graham, Sergio Pinto, and John Juneau II

Monday, July 24, 2017

Stairs, which are all that remain where a house once stood, are pictured in Waveland, Mississippi, August 26, 2015. FEMA described Waveland as "ground zero" for Hurricane Katrina. Next to a newly built city hall and a business center, dozens of housing lots remain empty. Grass and brush have grown around old "for sale" signs, some of them offering reduced prices. The whole region is littered with memories of what happened 10 years ago, and the possessions and the people that were lost. Picture taken August 26, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman - RTX1Q1MY

Unequal hopes and lives in the U.S.

Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto

Thursday, June 8, 2017