by ALICE O’CONNOR
Fifty years after Lyndon B. Johnson made it the centerpiece of his first State of the Union address on January 8, 1964, the War on Poverty remains one of the most embattled—and least understood—of Great Society initiatives.
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. NAFTA made the United States, Canada, and Mexico the largest free trade area in the world, linking 450 million people producing $17 trillion worth of goods and services.
By Ajamu Baraka
It was a fitting historical coincidence that during the same week President Obama was in South Africa to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela…
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford
“With the death of Mandela, the spell has been broken in South Africa.”
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
“Ask yourself, what would it look like if policymakers wanted to end the prohibition of marijuana, but not necessarily the the war on drugs…”
With calls from victims of crime in The Bahamas, the “majority” of those received by his firm, a Florida-based maritime lawyer has claimed that Nassau may be “one gunshot away” from seeing cruise lines drop it from their cruising itineraries.
By Martha J. Bailey
For many, today’s 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s declaration of War on Poverty is little to celebrate.
Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson stood before Congress and declared war on poverty. His plans included broadening the food stamp program, extending minimum wage coverage, increasing education funding, and providing “hospital insurance” for older Americans. Johnson spoke of millions of Americans who lived on “the outskirts of hope,” and challenged the country to “replace their despair with opportunity.”
First contemporary findings on how the risk of arrest varies across race and gender Nearly half of black males and almost 40 percent of white males in the U.S. are…
SOUTH SUDAN, HOME OF THE LOST BOYS, AGAIN IN CHAOS
Jan 7 (GIN) – South Sudan may be barely on the radar screen for most Americans but a bitter split in the ruling coalition threatens to make it one of the worst humanitarian disasters in Africa.
By Joseph Guyler Delva
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) — Haiti’s prime minister, Laurent Lamothe, said on Monday that the citizenship issue caused by a constitutional court ruling in the Dominican Republic…
By Richard Eskow
“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity,” said Nelson Mandela, “it is an act of justice.”
When the War on Poverty began a half-century ago, it was widely seen as the moral obligation of a wealthy nation.
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