The front page of the Deseret News on Jan. 8, 1964, as President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke to Congress, declaring a "War on Poverty." A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News ...
Vice President Kamala Harris has touted an economic vision for America called the “Opportunity Society.” The agenda harkens back to the days when presidents distinguished policies with slogans like ...
President Ronald Reagan liked to say America fought a war on poverty and poverty won. Latter-day Reaganites have been quoting their hero a lot on the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s ...
President Lyndon Johnson launched the modern war on poverty, declaring it to be his Great Society agenda in 1964. Fifty years and a great deal of economic expansion later, American society is indeed ...
Vice President Kamala Harris has touted an economic vision for America called the “Opportunity Society.” The agenda harkens back to the days when presidents distinguished policies with slogans like ...