Sam Motes

“Read books by people whose perspective is different from yours, listen to voices you haven’t heard before, look for narratives that are new to you. In them and with them, you might end up finding more room for yourself.”
― Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

“Poverty measures exclude everyone in prison and jail—not to mention those housed in psych wards, halfway houses, and homeless shelters—which means there are millions more poor Americans than official statistics let on.”
― Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

“Another found that achievement gaps between rich and poor children form and harden before kindergarten.”
― Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

“Choosing to have a child outside of marriage may be an individual choice, but condemning many of those parents and their children to a life of poverty is a societal one.”
― Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America