By  INDIVAR DUTTA-GUPTA, DORIAN WARREN

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In many ways, the War on Poverty was wildly successful, with Head Start, Medicaid, and Medicare withstanding the test of time. But the effort fell short: It did little to guarantee incomes or rewrite the nation’s economic rules to ensure a level playing field for working people—especially people of color.

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