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Fifty Years Later, Did The U.S. Win The War On Poverty?

NPR | By Linda Wertheimer
Published January 4, 2014 at 7:58 AM EST

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Linda Wertheimer
As NPR's senior national correspondent, Linda Wertheimer travels the country and the globe for NPR News, bringing her unique insights and wealth of experience to bear on the day's top news stories.
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