“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 the more we can, as individuals and as members of a community, empathize with, understand the pain and uncertainty economic crisis causes other people, the more we lay the groundwork for political change.” PeopleMeanPainPoliticalIndividualCommunityEconomicEmpathyCrisisUncertainty Author: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 to fight tooth and nail against a reinvigorated War on Poverty. But I also think that the elections of 2012 showed the limits of big money in politics, and the willingness of a majority of voters to really think these issues through for themselves.” ThinkingWarPoliticalFightingIndividualPovertyElectionFinancialWillingnessWar On Poverty Author:Sasha Abramsky