The Republican Party’s recent tax and spending bill made substantial changes to the landmark safety net programs created by ...

Discover the significance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as it turns 60. Learn about the ongoing fight for voter rights and ...

Wednesday will mark the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark piece of legislation that was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The law ...

Then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson stands in the aisle of a commuter train and talks with passengers as it nears Greenwich, Conn., on the evening of Oct. 5, 1960. Nearly four years later, the then ...

He was considered one of Lyndon B. Johnson’s closest confidants during this time in office. We welcome your thoughts in a letter to the editor. See the guidelines and submit your letter here.

For nearly 70 years, a little-known tax code provision has served as a firewall between U.S. politics and its nonprofit sector. Now, Minnesota nonprofit leaders say that wall is showing cracks — and ...

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, dedicating it to former President Harry Truman, who "planted ...

The Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library made these letters available on their online archive. The early ones are full of gushy back-and-forths and some mundane revelations.