Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The paradox of reform -- "I am a Roosevelt New Dealer"; liberalism ascendant -- Funding the Great Society and the War on Poverty -- The second reconstruction -- The mandate: the election of 1964 -- ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society included key policies such as federal aid for education, Medicare for older Americans and the Medicaid health program for low-income citizens. These ...

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson laid out a goal of making college more affordable to more Americans. It was part of his Great Society plan, and he signed legislation that set up low-interest student ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There is no poor, working- or middle-class adult in America whose life has not been touched by either Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal or Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. Roosevelt’s New ...