Country Quote by Sasha Abramsky

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

— Sasha Abramsky

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

— Sasha Abramsky

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

— 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 is that…

— Sasha Abramsky

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

— Sasha Abramsky

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

— 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 percentage of…

— Sasha Abramsky

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

— Sasha Abramsky

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

— 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 centers being…

— 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, are going…

— Sasha Abramsky

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

— Sasha Abramsky