The Right has long cited President Johnson’s War on Poverty as proof that “guv-mint” has no place in providing for “the general Welfare,” that the “free market” must rule as the master of American society. But there are real lessons to be learned…
Tag: Lyndon Johnson
JFK’s Embrace of Third World Nationalists
Almost Thwarting Nixon’s Dirtiest Trick
November 1963: Days of Murder
Where New JFK Evidence Points
How Truth Can Save Lives
Scooping ‘the Boys’ of Vietnam Press
Exclusive: During her seven years covering the Vietnam War, Beverly Deepe Keever broke through the male-dominated world of war reporting and nearly changed history with her discovery that Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign was sabotaging the Paris peace talks, notes Don…
Fixing US Democracy with Facts
From Editor Robert Parry: In our 18 years, Consortiumnews.com has had one priority: to chart a truthful history of the United States and its role in the world. In doing so, we have examined key chapters of that history so…