The War on Poverty
The number of people in the U.S. living in poverty is on track for a record increase, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching 1960s levels that led President Lyndon B. Johnson to declare a war on poverty. An American RadioWorks documentary, ""The War on Poverty: From the Great Society to the Great Recession," examines the modern face of poverty and asks why LBJ's dream of a Great Society is still beyond reach.
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