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War on Poverty

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A set of government programs, designed to help poor Americans, begun by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964. The War on Poverty included measures for job training and improvement of housing.

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War on Poverty

All of the War on Poverty, even if not couched in those terms —

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Head Start was created as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty and targets the myriad challenges that low-income households face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

From the War on Poverty to ‘quiet quitting,’ we’ve stopped appreciating the value of honest labor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Lauren Bauer: So the theory of change of the War on Poverty was to stop poverty before it starts.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023

Uncle Pete had disagreed, making his usual case for integration and support for President Johnson’s War on Poverty.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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