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Many believe that the War on Poverty, launched by President Johnson in 1964, ended in failure. In 2010, the official poverty rate was 15 percent, almost as high

In 1999, one in four British children lived in poverty—the third highest child poverty rate among industrialized countries. Five years later, the child povert

Head Start, Job Corps, Foster Grandparents, College Work-Study, VISTA, Community Action, and the Legal Services Corporation are familiar programs, but their tum

In the 1960s, America set out to end poverty. Policy-makers put forth an unprecedented package of legislation, funding poverty programs and empowering the poor

Applying lessons from history to the reality of poverty today in the United States—the most affluent country in the world—this book analyzes contributing fa