Amanda Abrams Connect: Twitter LinkedIn Amanda Abrams is a freelance writer who focuses on gentrification, poverty, and religion. Related Articles By This Author Health & Happiness How to Meet People Who Are Different from You Diversifying your circle of friends is one of the biggest things you can do to reduce prejudice and bias in the world—and in yourself. Amanda Abrams | Oct 13, 2020 Social Justice How to Get Mutual Aid to Those Most in Need The deep digital divide means organizers must step away from their screens to reach low-income residents. Amanda Abrams | Apr 17, 2020 Issues Making Space for Restorative Justice Some prosecutors and policymakers are beginning to work toward a legal system designed to benefit all people. Amanda Abrams | Feb 19, 2020 Environment How to Shop Sustainably Amanda Abrams | Nov 29, 2019 Issues Yes, You Can Change Someone’s Mind But facts alone won’t do it, researchers say. Amanda Abrams | Nov 12, 2019 Economy The Government Shutdown Put Thousands at Risk for Eviction Officials worried about the loss of trust after the longest shutdown in U.S. history put 1.1 million low-income households at risk of eviction. Amanda Abrams | Feb 13, 2019 Opinion | Economy Money Talks: How to Make Those Hard Conversations Easier Tips for preserving your boundaries and other people’s dignity. Amanda Abrams | Dec 11, 2018 Democracy When School Is Based on What Kids Want to Learn With self-directed education, students become their own teachers. But the biggest learning curve may be for parents. Amanda Abrams | Aug 28, 2018 Economy What Really Helps the Unemployed Find Full-Time Jobs Social safety net programs need more money, not less, for a work requirement program to succeed. Amanda Abrams | May 10, 2018 Social Justice What a Revived Poor People’s Campaign Needs to Do in the Trump Era For the new movement to gain national traction, it will need to draw in poor and working-class Whites. Amanda Abrams | Aug 18, 2017 Health & Happiness Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win This 86-year-old civil rights leader believes reconciliation is the only way forward. Amanda Abrams | May 2, 2017 Social Justice These Kids Used Their Spring Break to Protest Trump Last week, hundreds of young people from around the country traveled to Washington, D.C. to stand up for their families and demonstrate against Trump’s immigrant policies. Amanda Abrams | Apr 18, 2017 Democracy We Aren’t So Different—3 Steps to Overcome Hate and Fear Avoiding Trump supporters only increases our already dangerous polarization. Here’s how to really listen and find compassion. Amanda Abrams | Feb 24, 2017 Economy How Creative Repurposing of Industrial Scrap Is Holding Off a Neighborhood’s Gentrification 25-year old Scrap Exchange partners with Durham, North Carolina, residents to build an innovative arts district. Amanda Abrams | Nov 24, 2016
Health & Happiness How to Meet People Who Are Different from You Diversifying your circle of friends is one of the biggest things you can do to reduce prejudice and bias in the world—and in yourself. Amanda Abrams | Oct 13, 2020
Social Justice How to Get Mutual Aid to Those Most in Need The deep digital divide means organizers must step away from their screens to reach low-income residents. Amanda Abrams | Apr 17, 2020
Issues Making Space for Restorative Justice Some prosecutors and policymakers are beginning to work toward a legal system designed to benefit all people. Amanda Abrams | Feb 19, 2020
Issues Yes, You Can Change Someone’s Mind But facts alone won’t do it, researchers say. Amanda Abrams | Nov 12, 2019
Economy The Government Shutdown Put Thousands at Risk for Eviction Officials worried about the loss of trust after the longest shutdown in U.S. history put 1.1 million low-income households at risk of eviction. Amanda Abrams | Feb 13, 2019
Opinion | Economy Money Talks: How to Make Those Hard Conversations Easier Tips for preserving your boundaries and other people’s dignity. Amanda Abrams | Dec 11, 2018
Democracy When School Is Based on What Kids Want to Learn With self-directed education, students become their own teachers. But the biggest learning curve may be for parents. Amanda Abrams | Aug 28, 2018
Economy What Really Helps the Unemployed Find Full-Time Jobs Social safety net programs need more money, not less, for a work requirement program to succeed. Amanda Abrams | May 10, 2018
Social Justice What a Revived Poor People’s Campaign Needs to Do in the Trump Era For the new movement to gain national traction, it will need to draw in poor and working-class Whites. Amanda Abrams | Aug 18, 2017
Health & Happiness Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win This 86-year-old civil rights leader believes reconciliation is the only way forward. Amanda Abrams | May 2, 2017
Social Justice These Kids Used Their Spring Break to Protest Trump Last week, hundreds of young people from around the country traveled to Washington, D.C. to stand up for their families and demonstrate against Trump’s immigrant policies. Amanda Abrams | Apr 18, 2017
Democracy We Aren’t So Different—3 Steps to Overcome Hate and Fear Avoiding Trump supporters only increases our already dangerous polarization. Here’s how to really listen and find compassion. Amanda Abrams | Feb 24, 2017
Economy How Creative Repurposing of Industrial Scrap Is Holding Off a Neighborhood’s Gentrification 25-year old Scrap Exchange partners with Durham, North Carolina, residents to build an innovative arts district. Amanda Abrams | Nov 24, 2016