1. Growing Poverty and Despair in America
(Newsletter)

...verty and Despair in America Society + Culture By Stephen Lendman    Wednesday, 26 August 2009 In 1962, Michael Harrington's "The Other America" exposed the nation's dark under...

2. Growing Poverty and Despair in America
(Opinions/Society)

In 1962, Michael Harrington's "The Other America" exposed the nation's dark underside enough for John Kennedy to ask his Council of Economic Advisor chairman, Walter Heller, to look into the

3. US neoconservative Kristol dies
(Archived/News/Culture)

Irving Kristol, the political writer whose right-wing ideology heavily influenced the previous US administration of President George Bush, has died at 89 after battling lung cancer.