"A SEPARATE CULTURE...WITH ITS OWN WAY OF LIFE"
New York City (JFK+50) On March 19, 1962, Michael Harrington's* The Other America: Poverty in the United States.** was published. The book would have a powerful influence on President John F. Kennedy's views on federal anti-poverty programs.
Michael Harrington, a social activist, served as Chairman of the Democratic Socialists of America from 1982 to 1989.
The Boston Globe wrote that Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps and expanded Social Security were all programs traceable to Harrington's ideas.
Michael Harrington wrote...
"Clothes make the poor invisible. America has the best-dressed poverty the world has ever known."
*Edward Michael Harrington, Jr. (1928-1989) was born in St. Louis and educated at the University of Chicago, Holy Cross & Yale Law School. The Atlantic describes EMH as "the most charismatic figure on the American left in the past half century."
**The Other America, published by Macmillan, made the argument that despite its apparent post-WWII prosperity, the United States was a nation of millions of its people living in abject poverty.
SOURCE
"The (Still) Relevant Socialist", by Harold Meyerson, The Atlantic, August 2000, www.theatlantic.com/
New York City (JFK+50) On March 19, 1962, Michael Harrington's* The Other America: Poverty in the United States.** was published. The book would have a powerful influence on President John F. Kennedy's views on federal anti-poverty programs.
Michael Harrington, a social activist, served as Chairman of the Democratic Socialists of America from 1982 to 1989.
The Boston Globe wrote that Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps and expanded Social Security were all programs traceable to Harrington's ideas.
Michael Harrington wrote...
"Clothes make the poor invisible. America has the best-dressed poverty the world has ever known."
*Edward Michael Harrington, Jr. (1928-1989) was born in St. Louis and educated at the University of Chicago, Holy Cross & Yale Law School. The Atlantic describes EMH as "the most charismatic figure on the American left in the past half century."
**The Other America, published by Macmillan, made the argument that despite its apparent post-WWII prosperity, the United States was a nation of millions of its people living in abject poverty.
SOURCE
"The (Still) Relevant Socialist", by Harold Meyerson, The Atlantic, August 2000, www.theatlantic.com/
Michael Harrington
