Blowing Smoke Blowing Smoke
In Nicholson Baker's cut-and-paste history, the "good war" is bad.
Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
The Way Forward The Way Forward
The New Deal demonstrated the power of government to address failures of the market, and to retreat once it was no longer needed
Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Kirti Datla
When and How? When and How?
The ethos of the New Deal is only more prescient and pressing today.
Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / John West
The Change We Wish to See The Change We Wish to See
Real change cannot come from the top down alone; it must rise up from the bottom as well.
Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Grant Resick
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
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