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
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
Race and the New Deal Coalition Race and the New Deal Coalition
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.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Adolph Reed Jr.
The Only Fitting Tribute The Only Fitting Tribute
For Roosevelt, the New Deal was a way of advancing freedom, which depended on economic as much as political rights.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Frances Moore Lappé
The Bare Minimum The Bare Minimum
Today's relentless arguments against a higher minimum wage suggest that Roosevelt's battle is not yet won.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Eric Schlosser