Just one serious academic book has been published this year to mark the 50th anniversary of one of America’s most innovative and productive efforts: Lyndon Johnson’s work to eradicate poverty Legacies ...

We used to be trapped. And by “we,” I really do mean all of us. A few hundred years ago, the majority of the world lived in extreme poverty, and even in recent decades, people lucky enough to clear ...

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As election-year ads and social media campaigns focus on politicians’ personalities, Rev. William J. Barber II and other advocates for the poor want voters to look instead at policies they say divide ...