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Criticizes California Governor Ronald Reagan's budget and tax program. Political platform of Reagan; Characteristics of Reagan; Observation on his Creative Society; Information on his budget cuts; Good example of Reagan's early appointment philosophy; Actions taken in preparation for campaigning for the Presidency.

Opposes the elitist and totalitarian tendency that could emerge from the misuse of the future-planning paradigm to build an ideal society in the U.S. Influence of future planners in government, academe and international agencies; Claim that a body of economic indicators, goals and models can show the state of the nation's economy and make policy objectives; Areas in which national social accounting can be applied; Criticism against the notion of building democratic socialism through future-planning; Problems with the concept of model-building of future societies.

Examines the actions being taken by the New York City Board of Education to improve the quality of education received by slum children. Overview of the standard of education in Harlem as compared with the city-wide average in reading achievement; Reorganization of the education system to include intermediate schools of grades five through eight; Opposition of parents in East Harlem regarding the site, design, zoning and proposed curriculum.

Praises the efforts of U.S. political leader Arthur Goldberg in doing his responsibilities as the appointed ambassador of the country to the United Nations in 1966. Career background; Challenges faced by the political leader; Advantages of Goldberg over former ambassador Adlai Stevenson; Comments on the distinct characteristics of the ambassador upheld by European diplomats.

Applauds the development of African American political power in Lowndes County, Alabama by establishing the Lowndes County Freedom Organization political party through grassroots organizing and mobilization. Social conditions of African Americans; Role of the Black Panther in organizing the party; Obstacles to integrating Democrats with African Americans in Lowndes.

Analyzes the impact of the Vietnam War on the political campaigns of pacifist candidates in the states of Oregon and California in November 1966. Impact of the war on the campaign of Howard Morgan for the Democratic senatorial nomination in Oregon; Background of the campaign to take the Democratic congressional nomination from Representative Jeffrey Cohelan in the 7th District of California.

Examines the upcoming presidential election in the Dominican Republic and assesses the chances of Juan Bosch winning the election. Status of politics in the country after the U.S. military intervention; Implications of the presence of U.S. soldiers in the Dominican Republic for its people; Approaches proposed by political parties to solve the social and political problems of the nation; Information on how Bosch will deal with the left-wing and right-wing groups.

Provides an account of the Americans for Democratic Action's (ADA) 19th annual convention held in Washington in 1966, with emphasis on the participation of U.S. Vice President Hubert Horatio Humphrey. Role of Humphrey in the organization of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in Minnesota in 1948; Recollection of Humphrey's attack on Harry Byrd and the Senate conservatives' ideas about government spending and federal bureaucracy during the 1948 Democratic National Convention; Claim that the reason for Humphrey's presence in the ADA convention was to reaffirm his association with ADA people.

Examines the racial problem in Washington, D.C. as of 1966. Privileges given to the white minority; Problem associated with the representation of African Americans in different sectors and groupings; Formation of the social movement Free D.C. Movement; Information on African American civil rights movements in the city.

Provides information on Washington, D. C. as a lost colony still surviving on the American continent. Discussion on the population of the state and its apartheid residential pattern; Percentage of middle-class African Americans residing in abject poverty and total deprivation in the state, according to a report released by the National Capital Planning Commission in April 1966; Failure of the United Planning Organization, a local anti-poverty agency, to find more jobs and better housing for poor people; Benefits and advantages of foreign politicians, entrepreneur and governors-in-residence in the state, such as low taxes, services for themselves, franchises, and contracts; Contribution and influence of Congressman John L. McMillan, chairman of the House Committee in the District of Columbia, on the economic and political system of the state.

Discusses the political career of New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy as of April 1966. Examination of his political motives; Appearance in the strike involving grape-pickers in central California; Opinion on the U.S. government's role in the Vietnam war; Information on his urban crisis program, contained in three speeches he delivered in late January 1966.

Focuses on several Republican leaders across the U.S. who in dealing with state and local problems, are developing an approach to politics which differs from traditional Republicans and Democrats. Information on how John Lindsay challenged the Democratic Party in his campaign in New York City in November 1965; Advantages of Governor Daniel J. Evans of Washington over his Democratic rivals; Efforts of modern Republicans to duplicate the organizations of the Democratic Party that provide programs for Democratic platforms and harness volunteers for political teams; Contradictions between modern and traditional Republicans in how they confront the issues related to the Vietnamese conflict.

Focuses on the move by the U.S. Peace Corps to redesign its recruitment, selection, training and field programs in 1966. Expectations on the community development programs in Latin America; Effects of U.S. foreign policy on the Peace Corps; Impact of the Peace Corps on the U.S. when volunteers return.

Provides information on the strike by grape-pickers in California in 1965 and 1966. Personal background of Cesar Chavez, a Mexican American who is building the strike into a kind of labor war; Mechanics of picketing; Minimum wage and incentive rate demanded by Chavez and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee leaders; Comparison between Chavez and Bob Moses of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Describes the state of the U.S. Congress in January 1966. Position of senators and representatives on various political issues; Rhetoric congressional leaders like to use in their legislative sessions; Efforts of the administration of President Lyndon Johnson to repeal the Taft-Harley Act; Overview of the Great Society goals of the administration.

Presents a commentary on the SANE anti-war march during Thanksgiving weekend in Washington, D.C., described by the author as an informal first Party Congress of the "New Left." Coincidence with the next escalation of the Vietnam conflict into a major war in Asia; Broad encampment of the left in various places across Washington; Tension between radicals and liberals; Mixture of students, middle aged ideologues and ghetto community organizers; Mood of frustration and pessimism; Carl Oglesby's speech which spoke eloquently for the new radical politics; His accusations against the liberals.

Focuses on the political aspirations of Alabama's Governor George Wallace and Attorney General Richmond Flowers. Opinion of Wallace that he ought to become a U.S. President; Opposition to the constitutional amendment proposed by Wallace in the state senate which will allow governors to succeed themselves; Relationship of Wallace and Flowers; Voters being wooed by Flowers in his bid for the governorship of Alabama; Prediction that Flowers will loose his bid for governor; Chance of Wallace to be elected senator.

Presents information related to the developments in politics and government in Texas. Assessment of the power and popularity of John Connally, Governor of Texas; Condition of the Republican Party in the state; Political career of Connally; Appraisal of political reforms in the state; Effect of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy over Connally's career.

Discusses issues related to politics and government in California in 1965. Challenges to the administration of Governor Edmund G. Brown; Background and commentary of the political process in the state; Assessment of the political leadership of former Governor Ronald Reagan; Evaluation of the political leadership of Brown.

Presents the views of U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright on the issue of a U.S. intervention anywhere in Latin America in the event of subversive domination or the threat of it. Opinion on the decision of President Lyndon B. Johnson to send U.S. troops to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Role of U.S. Ambassador W. Tapley Bennett in the deployment of troops; Analysis of the nature of the Dominican Republic.

Commends the poor African Americans for managing preschool programs and attendant adult action programs in communities throughout Mississippi through the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM) under the Project Head Start grant from the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). Components of the CDGM that could help in developing the communities; Harassment experienced by sharecroppers who registered their children for a Head Start center; Role of U.S. Representative John Bell Williams (D-Miss.) in attacking the Head Start program and CDGM; Resistance put up by CDGM staff against the demand of OEO to move its headquarter from Mount Beulah to West Point.

Provides information on the efforts of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the U.S. during the 1960s. History of the student movement; Major problems facing the people of the Near West Side of Cleveland, the subject of the group's first Economic Research and Action Project that focused on poor communities; Political orientation of SDS; Uses of power questioned by SDS president Paul Potter during the April 17, 1965 March on Washington to End the War in Vietnam.

Offers a look on the alleged participation of Communists in the activities of the civil rights movement in the U.S. Criticism regarding the evolution of civil rights to radicalism; Overview of the efforts of Alabama Governor George Corley Wallace to discredit the civil rights movement; Participation of African Americans in radical activities.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. "New Radicals in Dixie," which focused on the dangers of leftist organizations; "The Anarchists," which dealt with anarchism; "A Door Best Kept Closed," which focused on chemical weapons.

Offers a look at the expulsion of Adam Clayton Powell from the U.S. House of Representatives as chairman of Education and Labor. Reason for the expulsion; Disadvantages experienced by Powell as an African American politician; Qualifications for membership in the House; Information on the Civil Rights Act of 1967; Description of Powell as a political leader.

Highlights the efforts of the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC) to promote human rights of African Americans in the U.S. as of January 1967. Success of SNCC in developing a new culture of being African Americans; Factors which deter the group from realizing their objectives; Outlook of African American activist and SNCC leader Stokely Carmichael towards white supremacy.

Focuses on political situations in the U.S. Description of the composition Members of the U.S. Congress; Impact of the Vietnam war on the U.S. politics; Comment on the time wasted in constitutional amendments for school prayers and state legislative malapportionment; Information that Melvin Laird, the House Republican Conference chairman, took $800,000 out of anti-poverty funds and assigned it to a tribe of Indians in his district in Wisconsin; Information about the Crime Bill passed by the U.S. Senate.

Presents an update on the anti-poverty program of the U.S. federal government as of June 1966. Sentiment of U.S. Representative Sam Gibbons regarding the issue; Overview of the amendments proposed by the U.S. Congress concerning the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act; Anti-poverty programs that will be expanded under the bill.

Offers a look at the social condition in the Watts area in south central Los Angeles in California as of June 1966. Action taken by the police to keep order in the area; Details of the incident on May 7, 1966 which almost triggered a revolt; Emergence of the nationalist movements of the African American community in the area.

Argues that Phoenix in Arizona has shed its myth of a city founded on frontier spirit and Christian capitalism to reveal its economic failure, political underdevelopment and social naivete. Reason for the defeat of propositions providing social services and educational facilities with state bonds; Social condition of African Americans and other ethnic groups in the city's South side; Role of conservatives in preventing urban renewal; Criticism against the state government.

Highlights the disarray of the Republican Party due to an absence of a recognized leader and its defeat in the November 1965 election in the U.S. Major contribution of the party's leadership; Professionalism of Republican Senator Dirksen in contrast with the House Republican leaders; Pressure faced by the Republican National Committee from conservatives in the House of Representatives.

Identifies adverse political motives and events behind the enactment process of a voting rights bill which was introduced in the U.S. in 1965. Remarks from U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on voting rights; Criticism against Senator Everett Dirksen regarding his role in the bill's enactment; Pace of hearings in the Congress.

Focuses on the plan of activist Martin Luther King Jr. for a total withdrawal from the economy of Alabama. Problem of the civil rights movement; Consideration of a boycott as a way of keeping public attention on the civil rights effort without actually waging conventional war. View that the unexecuted threat of a boycott can be more effective than a boycott; Call for rigid enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Information on withdrawal of Federal Reserve funds from Alabama banks and strict application of rules against federal aid to local discriminatory agencies.

Examines the issue of home rule for the city of Washington, D.C. in 1965. Reason for the move of the U.S. Congress in denying home rule to the city in 1874; Committee of the House of Representatives which governs the city; Provisions of the crime bill proposed for the city; Efforts to secure home rule for the city in 1960; Proposal of Representative Charles McC. Mathias (R-Md.) for the government of Washington, D.C.; Reason for the opposition of whites to home rule.

Describes the civil rights demonstration from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in March 1965. Description made by Dr. Martin Luther King on the demonstration; Purpose of the campaign that had been accomplished; Most impressive part of the demonstration; Impact of the demonstration on the Negroes of Selma.

Analyzes the competition between California State Controller Alan Cranston and Pierre Salinger for the U.S. Senate seat in 1964. State of politics in California; Comparison between the two candidates; Political background of Cranston and Salinger; Characterization of the candidates' campaign.

Discusses the efforts of the California Center for Community Development (CCCD) to get its U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) grant, which runs out in February 1967, refunded. Leverage of Democratic congressmen B. F. Sisk of Fresno and John McFall of Modesto, to pressure OEO Director Sargent Shriver to cancel the grant of CCCD; Activities undertaken by the CCCD which ran into political problems; Technical assistance provided by the CCCD.

Argues that the U.S. public has fallen back into its habit of choosing the safe, comfortable, well-groomed candidate in line with the results of the Congressional elections in the U.S. in November 1966. Reasons for the defeat of the House freshmen who lost after one term; Outcome of the candidacy of Yale University professor Robert Cook in New Haven, Connecticut; Influence of the war in Vietnam on the election results; Defeat of African-American candidates.

Examines the espionage case of convicted felon Morton Sobell in light of a request for a new hearing filed by his lawyers before New York City District Court Judge Edward Weinfeld on 1966. Journalists whose work shed another perspective on the Rosenberg-Sobell case; Allegations of Max Elitcher against Sobell; Conclusion that there is no testimony on the true nature of Sobell's espionage work; Assumptions that had been established by the Rosenberg-Sobell espionage case.

Presents an outlook for the Republican Party in the 1968 U.S. elections. Factors which reinforced the claim of the right wing to take control of the party; Stance of Republican moderates on the 1966 campaigns; Republican politicians who may win in the elections.

Discusses the campaign to save the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM), a combination Head Start preschool system and community action program, from politics, parsimony, racism and bureaucracy. Concern shown by the Office of Economic Opportunity regarding the efforts of CDGM to involve the poor; State politicians who want to control the rate of speed at which African Americans attain political power through CDGM; Governmental investigation of the accounts and operations of CDGM; Problems encountered by CDGM regarding grants and funding.

Deals with the controversy in the decision of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan to fire his law clerk Michael E. Tigar. Reputation of Brennan as one of the justices of the Supreme Court; Highlights on the opinions of Justice Brennan in several cases involving the concept of freedom in democratic society; Background of Tigar.

Details the Civil Rights Conference held in the U.S. in 1966. Importance of the congress to the welfare of the racially discriminated group in the republic; Efforts of the administration of President Lyndon Johnson to promote integration between local citizens and minorities in the country; Response of African American politicians to the proposals of the administration.

Comments on the changes implemented by the administration of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson to several civil rights agencies and activities in 1966. Abolition of the Council on Equal Opportunity; Turnover of the Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity to a division of the Labor Department; Reaction of civil rights leaders to the changes; Impact of the competition among governmental agencies on civil rights enforcement in the country.

Comments on the trial of three obscenity cases by the United States Supreme Court. Attempts to whittle down the remaining laws of censorship under First Amendment guarantee; Cases against publishers Ralph Ginzburg and Edward Mishkin; Issue of redeeming social importance (RSI) in erotic publications; Question mulled by the Chief Justice as to who bears the burden of determining the social value of published works.

Comments on the planning efforts and sessions of the U.S. administration for issues involving civil rights in the U.S. Skepticism on the will of the administration to act on civil rights issues involving the African Americans; Appointment of Morris Abram, president of the American Jewish Committee and delegate to the U.N. Human rights Commission, and African American lawyer William T. Coleman Jr. as co-chairmen of the committee formed by the administration for the conferees planning; Discussion on the stand and opposition of several conferences on various civil rights issues and legislation proposals.

Reports on the return of African American trumpet musician Louis Armstrong, popularly called Satchmo, in New Orleans, Louisiana in November 1965. Decision of the local government of New Orleans to integrate audiences for public concerts, under the 1964 Civil rights Act, which allowed Satchmo to have a concert at Loyola University; Claims of African Americans residing in the city that Armstrong is their symbol of success, cultural hero, and racial cop-out; Discussion on the warm reception, gifts, citations, parade, and support given to Armstrong by the people of New Orleans.

Comments on the Senate filibuster on the repeal of Section 14(b) of the U.S. Taft-Hartley Act, which affirms state right-to-work laws and labor unions, held on October 4, 1965. Position of Senate liberals on the state option on right-to-work; Criticism of labor leaders against the state option on right-to-work.

Presents information on voting rights of the African Americans. View that the voting rights bill is a fair attempt to let Southern African Americans participate in the democratic process; Opinion that the existence of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) is unsettling to conservative civil rights groups; Role of MFDP in encouraging rural Mississippians to participate in the civil rights movement.