Directed by Kyle Donnelly and performed in Arena Stage’s Fichandler Stage, “The Great Society” brings to life the ambition and struggle of the 36th president of the United States. Robert Schenkkan’s ...

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 Johnson speaking about the Great Society on the College Green of Ohio University in 1964. (Photo Provided) Sixty years ago, the first programs of President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great ...

When Lyndon B. Johnson became president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963, he committed himself to pushing through an ambitious slate of anti-poverty and civil rights ...

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 ...

Standing on his presidential limousine, Lyndon Johnson, campaigning in Providence, R.I., in September 1964, bellowed through a bullhorn: “We’re in favor of a lot of things and we’re against mighty few ...

Only in the U.S. can a boy born in a rural Texas farmhouse with no electricity or running water one day grow up to hold the most powerful office in the world. But President Lyndon Baines Johnson ...

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 ...

"History and Fate," a temporary exhibition in Austin about the work of the late Richard Goodwin, speechwriter to President John F. Kennedy, President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Robert F. Kennedy, ...