War on Poverty
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One is the welfare state launched by the War on Poverty in the 1960s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Shriver played a pivotal role in the War on Poverty.
From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025
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
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, President Lyndon Johnson’s advisers tried to work the program into the War on Poverty.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 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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