To Care or Not to Care?

Sixty Years After the Enactment of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Voting Rights Act, “Republicans” Are Pushing Anti- and Ante-1964-65 Acts.

At the signing of the “War on Poverty” bill, President Lyndon B. Johnson hands a pen to Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver, whom Johnson nominated to head the program | U.S. Peace Corps photo via Flickr

“We’re in favor of a lot of things, and we’re against mighty few!” – Lyndon B. Johnson, September 28, 1964

That exclamation that Lyndon Johnson made in …