Debtor Prisons Are Back

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society.”

Morning Reads: Debtors’ Prisons Are Back; Pope: It’s ‘Sinful’ to Continue Causing Climate Change (via Moyers & Company)

Good morning! Today marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society.” The 200 pieces of legislation that passed over the following four years would transform our nation — they were greater than the sum of their parts…