America's War on Poverty, Part 2: Given A Chance

This episode examines the implementation and challenges of 1960s anti-poverty programs, focusing on initiatives like community action and programs such as Job Corps and Head Start aimed at providing opportunity. It highlights both successes, including a drop in the official poverty rate, and failures, such as not addressing deeper structural issues, while also detailing the political conflicts that weakened the programs. The episode concludes by looking at how subsequent administrations dismantled some parts of the Office of Economic Opportunity while retaining successful programs like Head Start.