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An anti-poverty effort created jobs but didn’t fix inequality

Nov 20, 2017, 9:55 AM 0

By Alex Shashkevich Futurity New research examines former President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty initiative in the 1960s and its legacy in American cities. In an article in the Journal of Urban History, historian Claire Dunning argues that…

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Guest Voz: An anti-poverty movement doesn’t look like what you think

May 28, 2015, 2:44 PM 0

By Linda Tirado LatinaLista There’s no point beating around this bush. An anti-poverty movement led by the middle and upper classes is doomed to failure. Equally, a partisan movement will never manage to get much done. That said, it’s…