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FDR's Democratic Propaganda (Cultural Criticism and Analysis, Humor, The Left, Politics)

Today's progressive message-makers can learn a lot from Franklin Roosevelt's homey "fireside chats."

Stephen Duncombe
Democratizing Capital (Globalization, History, The Left, Politics)

New Deal progressives believed the economy should exist to serve society, not the other way around.

Sherle R. Schwenninger
Potent Publics (Cultural Criticism and Analysis, History, The Left, Politics)

The US public is wonderfully diverse, but the arts are not equally accessible to all.

Anna Deavere Smith
For the 'FDR' (Jesse Jackson, History, The Left, Politics)

The Bush Administration's solutions for the subprime mortgage crisis are too little, too late. Americans need a New Deal-style agency to manage domestic reconstruction.

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
Race and the New Deal Coalition (Racism and Discrimination, History, The Left, Politics, Society)

Most New Deal programs were anything but race- and gender-neutral in their impact. They were both racially discrminatory and a boon to many black Americans.

Adolph Reed Jr.
The Only Fitting Tribute (Economic Policy, History, The Left, Politics)

For Roosevelt, the New Deal was a way of advancing freedom, which depended on economic as much as political rights.

Frances Moore Lappé
The Bare Minimum (History, The Left, Politics)

Today's relentless arguments against a higher minimum wage suggest that Roosevelt's battle is not yet won.

Eric Schlosser
A Chaos of Experimentation (History, The Left, Economy, Politics)

The New Deal spirit of "persistent experimentation" yielded impressive results for the country. American leaders can recapture that spirit.

Andrea Batista Schlesinger
A Green Corps (Climate Change, Environmental Issues, History, The Left, Environment, Politics)

The New Deal brought with it programs that served not only the good of the people and the economy but also the environment. We need that now more than ever.

Bill McKibben
Why the New Deal Matters (History, The Left, Politics)

What was it about the New Deal and Roosevelt that make the man and the era relevant today?

Richard Parker

Blogs

Giving Dennis Kucinich His Due
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Losing Kucinich is a loss for America. 

March 13, 2012
Occupy New Hampshire Counters the Republican Narrative
Ben Adler

The Occupy movement is following Republican candidates in New Hampshire, raising awareness of their records and asking important questions. 

January 9, 2012
The Myth of the Self-Loathing Liberal
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Jonathan Chait has it backwards: Progressives' problem has been too much loyalty to the President, not too little.

November 30, 2011
Wisconsin Recall Drive Surpasses 300,000 Signatures as Rural Counties Turn Against Anti-Labor Governor
John Nichols

Labor and community activists need 540,000 signatures to recall Walker. After 2 weeks (and with 6 weeks to go) they're more than half way to their goal.

November 28, 2011
Katrina vanden Huevel on NPR's Talk of the Nation: What happened to the political left?
Nation in the News

What happened that has led to the conservatives' dominance in the political debate in the country at a time of crisis? What happened to the political left?

September 28, 2011
Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders's Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits
John Nichols

Headlining Wisconsin's Fighting Bob Fest, the largest annual gathering of progressives in the country, the Vermont senator drew the loudest cheers for a stern warning to the president and his colleagues on the congressional “super-committee” that has been charged with deficit reduction: don’t balance budgets on the backs of working Americans. Make the rich pay their fair share.

September 18, 2011
Russ Feingold Chooses the Role of 'Citizen,' Rejecting 2012 Runs for State, National Posts
John Nichols

Instead, of making a comeback bid for office, Russ Finegold will be organizing and campaign as a citizen with much to say about foreign policy and the need for sweeping reform of our politics.

August 19, 2011
Bernie Sanders Talks Up Primary Challenge to Obama as 'a Good Idea for Our Democracy and for the Democratic Party'
John Nichols

The Vermont independent is not running for president, but he says it’s time “that people start asking the president some hard questions about why he said one thing during his previous campaign, and is doing another thing today on Social Security, on Medicare.”

August 13, 2011
Obama's Compromising Stirs Talk of Dem Primary Challenge; Bernie Sanders Says It's a 'Good Idea'
John Nichols

New polling suggests liberal disapproval of Obama has spiked since he began talking of putting Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security “on the table” in negotiations with GOP. Vermont Senator says of the moment: “I think it would do this country a good deal of service if people started thinking about candidates out there to begin contrasting a progressive agenda as opposed to what Obama believes he’s doing.”

July 23, 2011
Elizabeth Warren Says She'll Consider Massachusetts Senate Run
John Nichols

Massachusetts might well elect Warren to the Senate, where she could lead the fight for reform.

July 19, 2011