| Politics: President Lyndon B. Johnson (Weekly) Newsletter for Sunday March 01, 2026 ( 2 items ) |
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Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Did the War on Poverty Fail?
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Feb. 26 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Feb. 25, 2026, by economist Martha Njolomole:
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Did the war on poverty fail?
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty, asserting that additional efforts were necessary to "strike down all the barriers" that kept many from taking advantage of increasing economic opportunities. As
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Meet the student who helped investigate JFK's assassination
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 25 -- Northeastern University issued the following news:
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Meet the student who helped investigate JFK's assassination
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He went to work at the National Archives and wound up investigating JFK's assassination
A co-op at the National Archives unexpectedly led Ray Shurtleff to work on the Warren Commission's investigation of Kennedy's assassination as a 21-year-old college student.
by Cody Mello-Klein February 25, 2026
On Nov. 22, 1963, Ray Shurtleff was s
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