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

Examines the economic underworld of migrant farm workers, the aged, minority groups, and other economically underprivileged groups.

In an era defined by political polarization, both major U.S. parties have come to share a remarkably similar understanding of the education system as well as a