The Sixties at 50

“The following column accompanies a special report in the July-August issue, taking stock of America’s progress in fighting poverty on the 50th anniversary of Michael Harrington’s The Other America.”Ever since the 1960s, many of us have measured progress by how far America has gone in fulfilling the ideals of that era: guaranteeing equal rights, preventing unjust wars, safeguarding the earth, ending poverty.”

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