In 1965, Congress passed the groundbreaking Elementary ... Urban renewal and conservation was the third major component of the Great Society. Ever since the end of World War II, cities faced ...

On July 27, 1965, John Gardner was sworn in as the Secretary ... President Johnson wanted to create the "Great Society" -- to end poverty, promote equality, improve education, rejuvenate cities ...

Prior to 1965, federal legislation affecting colleges ... we ought to remember that the vision of the Great Society has been tried and it came up short. We’re still suffering its not-so-great ...

1965 Housing and Urban Development Act To provide ... As more money and effort were needed to conduct the war, Johnson’s Great Society programme became neglected. Increasing numbers of people ...

Today, Medicare, a Great Society program, is the second biggest line item on the federal budget — about 14% of total federal spending. The Civil Rights, the Voting Rights Act and the 1965 ...

I am old enough to remember a time in our country’s history when a president was someone to respect and emulate. John F.

Turning now to “LBJ” - Lyndon Baines Johnson. Before becoming the 36th president Johnson taught at an elementary school in ...

LOWELL — There was food and libations, balloons and flowers, proclamations and speeches, and music and dancing to celebrate ...

David Leonhardt tells the story in the language of economic analysis.

Calling someone a socialist, communist, or Marxist is still occasionally considered an insult in the United States. But what ...

"Underclass" is a supposedly nonracial term, but by most definitions the underclass is mostly black, and discussions of it are full of racial undercurrents. Given the history of American race ...

Occasionally outsiders forget that these are not linked solely to Soviet intrusion but have their roots in the nineteenth century, in the great trauma associated with ... the creation of a modern ...