By Bus Through the Middle West By Bus Through the Middle West
A journey through the American heartland reveals the anger and desperation of the Great Depression.
Mar 25, 2008 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard
Victim ‘Hood Victim ‘Hood
An account of the most recent installment in the nation's sick love affair with literary exhibitionists.
Mar 25, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Hard Times Hard Times
Amity Schlaes's history of the Great Depression is nothing less than an attempt to reclaim the 1930s for the free market.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
Ordinary People Ordinary People
Woody Holton's history of America's origins celebrates the contributions of the common people.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robin Einhorn
Beyond the New Deal Beyond the New Deal
How refreshing it would be if a presidential candidate reminded us of the experience of the New Deal.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Howard Zinn
FDR’s Democratic Propaganda FDR’s Democratic Propaganda
Today's progressive message-makers can learn a lot from Franklin Roosevelt's homey "fireside chats."
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Duncombe
Democratizing Capital Democratizing Capital
New Deal progressives believed the economy should exist to serve society, not the other way around.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Sherle R. Schwenninger
Potent Publics Potent Publics
The US public is wonderfully diverse, but the arts are not equally accessible to all.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Anna Deavere Smith
Labor’s New Deal Labor’s New Deal
Where the New Deal once served to rebalance the power between labor and capital, we are now perilously out of balance.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Andy Stern
For the ‘FDR’ For the ‘FDR’
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.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson