Brian Cox stars as Lyndon Baines Johnson in 'The Great Society,' the continuation of playwright Robert Schenkkan's sprawling account of the tumultuous 36th U.S. presidency that began with 'All the Way ...

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Amity Shlaes is the author of the new book Great Society: A New History, along with four other New York Times bestsellers: "The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed a utopian new vision for the United States under a vastly expanded federal government, which he dubbed the Great Society, on this day in history, Jan. 4, 1965. "We ...

President Lyndon Baines Johnson was a retro Texan by birth and locution. “That bitch of a war,” he famously lamented in 1968, “killed the lady I really loved.” That “lady” was “The Great Society,” LBJ ...

In honor of President Lyndon B. Johnson's birthday August 27, The NAACP, Fairvote, Motivote, and NYC Votes joined The Great Society to launch The Great Society Primary, its initiative to register ...

Katrina Trinko is the editor-in-chief of The Daily Signal. Send an email to Katrina. “When you compare the two progressive impulses of our past, the 1930s New Deal, 1960s Great Society, which costs us ...

Why I Might Skip JD Vance at the March for Life Rally Our Impossibly Small-Souled President Audio By Carbonatix This week on Uncommon Knowledge: a conversation with author and historian Amity Shlaes ...

Lyndon Johnson’s 1960s spending initiatives have not paid off with any improvement in education. In 1964, most people would have been excited to receive a signed picture from the president. But a ...

How can government get rid of poverty? It’s a question that gets asked not in a society where almost everyone is poor but in one giddy with surging growth and concerned about those who seem left ...

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson shared his vision of the “Great Society,” an America that is free from poverty and racial injustice, where all its citizens can develop their full potential and ...

- Second, carrying out hard-hitting, tough-minded reforms in existing programs. 2. All of you, I am sure, are convinced of the need of new ideas. I have been impressed with the imagination and vision ...

Just a little over a week after President Joe Biden, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and the New York Times attacked Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) for suggesting it was the Great Society and ...