Category: economics

Article on hunger in the Daily Beast »

The Daily Beast website has a special section today devoted to hunger and the working poor. I have an article, based on my book reporting, in this section.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-18/the-new-blue-collar-hungry/

Obama year one »

Here’s a link to an article I just posted on the Guardian’s  Comment Is Free website on the first anniversary of Obama’s election to the presidency.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/oct/30/barack-obama-election-anniversary-unemployment-economy 

Abramsky podcast on Truthdig »

Truthdig has just put up a long interview with me about my book.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090529_breadline_usa_report/

Breadline USA »

Just a quick note to readers. Having written three books on crime and punishment themes, I’ve moved on. My new book is titled Breadline USA: The Hidden Scandal of American Hunger and How to Fix It.  The title is somewhat self-explanatory… but I’ll explain anyway: It’s the story of modern-day poverty in America, the sort of […]