Today in history: LBJ’s “Great Society” is launched
On this date in 1964, a nearly $1 billion anti-poverty measure was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Immigration: Trump trumps the truth
Trump's purpose is demagogic, to toss red meat to the most extreme reactionary sections of the Republican Party base while spreading the poison of xenophobic racism around.
Over forty percent of U.S. children live in poverty
Any family that can't pay for its basic expenses is a family living in poverty.
East Saint Louis, hit by hard-times, down but not out
At its height in the 1950's, East Saint Louis had a population of 82,366. Only about one-third remain today.
