New Deal

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  6/29/2020
  

  A Surprising Role Model Emerges for Boris Johnson: F.D.R.

  The British prime minister, trying to regroup in the coronavirus pandemic, wants to bury Thatcherism and embark on a program of ambitious public works.

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• SOURCE: Salon
  6/28/2020
  

  Joe Biden Wants to be the Next FDR — But that Won't be Enough to Solve our Crises

  by Matthew Rozsa

  The author argues that another New Deal will advance reform instead of the rejection of market-driven capitalism needed to address the deep problems facing America and the world. 

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• SOURCE: Vox
  6/22/2020
  

  Artists Helped Lift America out of the Great Depression. Could that Happen Again?

  Art historian Jody Patterson, an expert on public art in the 1930s, discusses the legacy of the New Deal's support for the arts and efforts to establish art as a public good. 

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• SOURCE: Public Books
  6/19/2020
  

  Pencil Leaners

  by Jeff Sparrow

  As Australia considers government support to artistic workers inspired by the US New Deal, important differences in context should be observed. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  6/16/2020
  

  It Didn’t Have to Be Like This

  The New Deal, per historian Eric Rauchway, illustrates the relationship between the American economy and American democracy.

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• SOURCE: MediaVillage
  6/9/2020
  

  CEOs Talking About Racism is Good. Telling its Story is Better.

  The New Deal era Negro Theater Project brought the story of the black experience to its audiences. Modern media industry leaders should use that framework when addressing racial injustice.

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• SOURCE: WBUR
  5/27/2020
  

  What We Learn From FDR's New Deal

  "A president alone can't do everything," says historian Lizabeth Cohen, "that president needs a supportive Congress."

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• SOURCE: WFAE
  5/25/2020
  

  Art Of The New Deal: How Artists Helped Redefine America During The Depression

  Music, art classes, posters, plays and photography funded by the federal government were supposed to unite a nation in turmoil.

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• SOURCE: Counterpunch
  5/22/2020
  

  Greening the Old New Deal

  National service and a green new deal, with lessons from the old new deal, could be the first step in “civilianizing” our nation, and beyond recovery, enhancing the world’s prospects for health, justice, and sustainability.

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• SOURCE: JSTOR Daily
  5/20/2020
  

  One Parallel for the Coronavirus Crisis? The Great Depression

  Historians Erk Loomis and Michael Goldfield are among an interdisciplinary group of scholars describing the process by which the New Deal transformed American society. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/18/2020
  

  7.7 Million Young People Are Unemployed. We Need a New ‘Tree Army.’

  by Collin O'Mara

  Today, there’s plenty to do for a revitalized conservation corps that would put young Americans back to work.

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• SOURCE: Capita
  5/15/2020
  

  Lessons for a Depression: A Conversation with Historian Eric Rauchway

  Historian Eric Rauchway compares the Great Depression and our current pandemic-induced economic decline, Franklin Roosevelt’s democratic principles, and the role of a competent government in preventing authoritarianism. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  5/17/2020
  

  The Lessons of the Great Depression

  by Lizabeth Cohen

  The larger lesson the New Deal offers is that recovery is a complex and painful process that requires the participation of many, not directives from a few. And that, ultimately, we’re all in this together.

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• SOURCE: New York
  5/11/2020
  

  Biden Is Planning an FDR-Size Presidency

  Biden's advisers agreed: If they were going to talk about lessons from history, their future calls might as well dive into the Great Depression and World War II.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/4/2020
  

  Cities and States need Aid – But Also Oversight

  by Daniel Wortel-London and Brent Cebul

  The history of New Deal-era federal aid to local governments suggests that cities need both funds and strict oversight; programs that worked through local business elites often created unsupportable demands on local finances. 

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• SOURCE: The National (UAE)
  5/4/2020
  

  Investing in Energy and Projects Helped Pave the Way Out of the Great Depression: It Can Now Help Build a Greener World

  The convergence of the climate crisis and the COVID emergency means that governments should invest now in the infrastructure needed to speed the transition to a carbon-free energy system.

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• SOURCE: HowStuffWorks
  4/29/2020
  

  Frances Perkins: The Unsung Creator of U.S. Social Security

  Author Kristin Downey covered Social Security for years, which has driven her to correct the tendency to overlook Frances Perkins's key contributions to the most important social welfare program in America.

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• SOURCE: TIME
  4/27/2020
  

  If the Great Depression Is Any Indication, Things Won’t Just Go Back to ‘Normal’ After the Coronavirus Pandemic Ends

  by James C. Cobb

  New Deal programs had difficulty returning the United States to "normal" life because FDR had difficulty persuading many Americans that the federal government was supporting their economic security. This failure makes a comprehensive response to COVID-19 less politically feasible.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  4/29/2020
  

  States Are in Crisis. Why Won’t Trump Help?

  by Lizabeth Cohen

  The abandonment of a federalist system where states are accountable to Washington and residents everywhere can expect equitable treatment is recasting the United States of America to favor States over United. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  4/24/2020
  

  As Coronavirus Magnifies America’s Housing Crisis, FDR's New Deal Could Offer a Roadmap Forward

  by Jill Watts

  The coronavirus crisis has exposed one of America's greatest needs: adequate and safe housing.