Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson used his first State of the Union Address to declare war. The enemy: Poverty. He said, "We shall not rest until that war is won." A half century later, no one is declaring victory over poverty. But has Johnson's war made a difference? Or does the nation need a new plan of attack?

Guests:

Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, D-Cleveland

Philip Cohen, PhD, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland; Senior Fellow at the Council on Contemporary Families

Kristi Williams, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology,The Ohio State University

Mittie Davis Jones, PhD, chair, urban studies, Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University