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The Mess Moynihan Made

The Mess Moynihan Made

Released Thursday, 27th June 2024
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The Mess Moynihan Made

The Mess Moynihan Made

The Mess Moynihan Made

The Mess Moynihan Made

Thursday, 27th June 2024
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In 1965, a government report on Black families that was never supposed to be public leaked... and permanently influenced how our country thought about marriage, poverty, and personal responsibility. It was called the Moynihan Report. The report affirmed the belief that family structure – specifically, families headed by single mothers – caused people to be poor. This week, host Julie Kohler traces the roots and repercussions of the Moynihan report, and why the solutions to the issues it puts forth run far deeper than marriage.

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