The war on poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union Address...

legislation during the Great Depression, to the national war on poverty in the 1960s and poverty alleviation efforts during the 2008 Great Recession. The...

United Nations Global Compact's note on poverty Poverty is about more than a lack of income. It has a range of different socioeconomic dimensions, including:...

as well as the War on Poverty. The culture of poverty emerges as a key concept in Michael Harrington's discussion of American poverty in The Other America...

conservatives in the House. The core programs of the Great Society focused on a "war on poverty" which increased federal involvement in education, employment, and...

VISTA, Upward Bound, and other programs as the architect of the 1960s War on Poverty. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1972...

"The War on Poverty: 50 Years Later" is a report by the Budget Committee of the United States House of Representatives published on March 3, 2014. It was...

Poverty, by America is a 2023 non-fiction book by Matthew Desmond, a sociology professor. Published by Crown Publishing Group, it was released on March...

better living conditions for low-income Americans by spearheading the war on poverty. As part of these efforts, Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments...

Ford "War on Cars", municipal initiative described by Toronto mayor Rob Ford "War on Want" is an anti-poverty charity based in London "War on I-4", nickname...

According to an International Monetary Fund paper, extreme poverty, defined by the World Bank as living on US$1.9 or less in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms...

video tapes. Promoted as a response to President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty by giving training and opportunity to the uneducated and poor, the recruited...

Democratic nomination, with Humphrey promising to continue Johnson's war on poverty and to support the civil rights movement. The support of civil rights...

In economics, a cycle of poverty or poverty trap is when poverty seems to be inherited, preventing subsequent generations from escaping it. It is caused...

Opportunity (OEO) was the agency responsible for administering most of the War on Poverty programs created as part of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson's...

enfranchised millions of Southern African-Americans. Johnson declared a "War on Poverty" and established several programs designed to aid the impoverished....

poverty, and inadequate living conditions. The WLCAC's headquarters is located at 109th and Central Avenue in Watts, California. The War on poverty,...

enlistment. When President Johnson and his planning staff decided on the war on poverty, most of the proposed programs would take more than a year to even...

devoting much of his time to the War on Poverty. In 1965, he published the controversial Moynihan Report on black poverty. Moynihan left the Johnson administration...

1968, the War on Poverty seemed like a failure, neglected by a Johnson administration (and Congress) that wanted to focus on the Vietnam War and increasingly...

and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965. Part of Johnson's "War on Poverty", the act has been one of the most far-reaching laws...

judgment and intense scrutiny on a daily basis. During the appraisal called "Community Action in Appalachia" during the War on Poverty, it was found that the...

Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays is a collection of essays and reportage by the author, journalist, and literary critic Christopher Hitchens...

Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift...

Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) was established. 1964: Johnson's War on Poverty is underway, and the Economic Opportunity Act was passed. Commonly known...

authorized the formation of local Community Action Agencies as part of the War on Poverty. These agencies are directly regulated by the federal government. "It...

including the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Voting Rights Act of 1965; the War on Poverty; aid to cities and education; increased Social Security benefits; and...

effects of social welfare on poverty have been the subject of various studies. Studies have shown that in welfare states, poverty decreases after countries...

The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a global military campaign initiated by the United States following the September...

the Democratic Party toward social-democratic positions on civil rights and the War on Poverty. The Socialist Party's 1972 convention had two co-chairmen...