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Viewpoints: LBJ's Great Society at 60: Expensive, expansive, controversial – and incomplete
The Buffalo News· 6 days agoThis month marks the 60th anniversary of President Johnson unveiling his “Great Society” vision....
Biden’s Domestic Reforms Don’t Add Up to the Great Society
The Nation· 5 days agoYou may have felt a sense of déjà vu when Elise Stefanik, the House’s fourth-ranking Republican,...
Today in History: May 22, Lyndon B. Johnson outlines 'Great Society'
Stamford Advocate· 5 days agoThere are 223 days left in the year. On May 22, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking at the University of Michigan, outlined the goals of his “Great Society ...
Maybe We Shouldn’t Take College Protests at Face Value
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHe hurled elegantly stated invective against plutocrats of the past and loved on progressives and...
The Story Behind AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s The Riot Report
GBH News· 2 days agoThe bipartisan group was composed of eleven politicians — nine White and two Black — all of whom had...
Should NPR be defunded? Some are saying yes: Jim Beckerman
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAll part of its mandate — when it was founded, in 1970, an outgrowth of Lyndon Johnson's "Great ...
Breaking up the Department of Human Services: From skeptic to convert
Minnesota Reformer via Yahoo News· 3 days agoUp until 1959, the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare — renamed the Department of Human Services...
Opinion | Polarization May End With Younger Generations in Power
Mississippi Free Press· 3 days agoThe sharp increase in political polarization in America over the past 50 years has been driven in...
The American economy is completely dysfunctional -- Arthur Eggert
Wisconsin State Journal· 6 days agoThe American economy is a Ponzi scheme. In 1965 Congress tried to finesse the laws of economics by...
NC agencies launch Medicaid expansion workforce initiative
Winston-Salem Journal· 3 days agoThe state departments of Commerce and Health and Human Services have launched a collaborative...