Karen Baxter

“Prison is, simply put, the bottom rung of the welfare ladder.”
― Stephen Reid, A Crowbar in the Buddhist Garden

“The rent eats first.”
― Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

“The essence of economic inequality is borne out in a simple fact: there are 400 billionaires in the United States and 45 million people living in poverty. These are not parallel facts; they are intersecting facts. There are 400 American billionaires because there are 45 million people living in poverty. Profit comes at the expense of the living wage. Corporate executives, university presidents, and capitalists in general are living the good life--because so many others are living a life of hardship.”
― Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

“For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection