Sasha Abramsky

One of the most durable successes of the war on poverty was to dramatically reduce the number of elderly poor in America.…

— Sasha Abramsky

The reliance on stereotypes is in part the result of a structural problem within the media. Most newspapers have a business beat,…

— Sasha Abramsky

To really tackle poverty, politicians, activists, academics will all have to think outside their boxes, will have to start developing much more…

— Sasha Abramsky

When I talk about an "empathy bank," I don't mean literally opening up a bank and putting in deposits. What I mean…

— Sasha Abramsky

As a country, Americans have to find a way to keep our cities solvent. If large numbers of cities no longer have…

— Sasha Abramsky

It seems to me that large numbers of people are now paying attention to poverty and that large numbers now understand that…

— Sasha Abramsky

“Like a man who pinches himself to make sure he still has feeling, Chimen read to reassure himself that he was still…

— Sasha Abramsky

Too often the media assumes that "poverty" is an African American or a Latino issue. Of course, that's nonsense. While a higher…

— Sasha Abramsky

Despite all of the civil rights gains of the past several decades, when it comes to economic opportunity, African Americans and Latinos…

— Sasha Abramsky

Big cities like New York are thriving, economically, culturally, in terms of real estate values, and by a slew of other measures.…

— Sasha Abramsky

Today there are a huge number of think tanks working on poverty-related issues; there are books written on the topic; and university…

— Sasha Abramsky

I recognize that individuals and organizations with tremendous financial clout and open access to the political system in the post-Citizens United era,…

— Sasha Abramsky

I argue that in the long run, the US would be on a far more financially secure footing if we recalibrate how…

— Sasha Abramsky

The poverty we see in America is now too widespread, and too complex, for easy fixes. But I do think we can…

— Sasha Abramsky

Ronald Reagan, and before him, Richard Nixon, and before Nixon, a slew of conservative politicians going back through American history, have played…

— Sasha Abramsky

You can't lift people out of poverty simply by tweaking the tax system, or by raising the minimum wage by a few…

— Sasha Abramsky

Poverty became something one could see and experience firsthand, no matter where one was on the economic ladder; it became something you…

— Sasha Abramsky

Detroit is a fascinating place, because things are so bad there that the dystopia has almost become utopian. People know they can't…

— Sasha Abramsky

The failure of the first Barack Obama administration to really deliver on a new War on Poverty and a new language to…

— Sasha Abramsky

I do think there are ways to increase wages significantly, even in a global era. But you have to take voters and…

— Sasha Abramsky

We're living through an era of higher income inequality than the country has experienced since before the Great Depression. Meanwhile, most people…

— Sasha Abramsky