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 ...

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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 ...