@article{1356035,
      recid = {1356035},
      author = {Donovan, Bill.},
      title = {Michael Harrington and today's other America [electronic  resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {1 online resource (86 min.).},
      year = {2001},
      note = {Title from resource description page (viewed May 24,  2011).},
      abstract = {Michael Harrington's book The Other America, a  groundbreaking study of poverty in America, was published  in 1962. Read by President John F. Kennedy, it was probably  the driving force behind the "war on poverty." The Boston  Globe editorialized that Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps  and expanded social security benefits were traceable to  Harrington's ideas. Harrington became the pre-eminent  spokesman for socialism in America.This film captures the  essence of Harrington's ideas through the use of archival  footage and interviews with people who knew and worked with  him, as well as those who were in total disagreement. Over  thirty interviews are filmed with people as diverse as John  Kenneth Galbraith, Gloria Steinem, William F. Buckley and  Charles Murray. We also hear from ordinary people who  struggle to make a living, or are dependent on social  services. These are the victims of what Harringon called  "the new American poverty," which unfortunately still  exists despite a booming economy. The documentary includes  a brief history of socialism in America, and raises  questions concerning the merits and relevance of unions  today, and the problems of migrant workers, farmers, inner  cities and our health care system.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1356035},
}