War on Poverty
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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
Yet nobody claims the War on Poverty succeeded or that the poor have escaped immiseration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 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
Yet once upon a time, the same man who is admired today for his War on Poverty was derided by many of those same activists for seemingly abusing his pet beagles.
From Salon ● May 20, 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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