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In the midst of Depression, the New Deal put millions to work, gave the nation hope, and left a vast legacy of public works still serving America today.
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The New Deal did a great deal of good in overcoming the exclusion of neglected, oppressed and marginalized people in American life.
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Given the importance of the moment and the need to think through such an ambitious program, we at the Living New Deal have created this forum to feature discussion and proposals to help educate the public and guide legislators.
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The Living New Deal
A network of people collecting New Deal documents, photos and stories in order to preserve and proclaim this national heritage.
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San Francisco Mural Fight
The Fight to Save the Arnautoff Murals at George Washington High School
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New Deal airports, schools, hospitals, post offices, art, highways and more are still in use 75 years after they were built. No city, town, or rural area was untouched by the New Deal.
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A map and guide to the key New Deal buildings and murals.
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Hot Off the Press! The New Deal Map & Guide to Washington DC
Two years in the works, the LND’s Map & Guide to the Art and Architecture of the New Deal in Washington DC. is now available. It features 500 New Deal sites in and around the District, dozens of descriptions and… read more
Discoveries
Arthur Rothstein’s New Deal-Era Photography Continues to Grace the Walls of Roosevelt House
There’s still time to visit the New Deal photo exhibition, The Great Depression: A Photographic Document. In 1976, social documentary photographer Arthur Rothstein created a book proposal titled The Great Depression: A Photographic Document. The outline featured an introduction—President Roosevelt’s… read more
New Deal Today
The Mural So Controversial, Nixon Tried to Remove It
by GRAY BRECHIN | OCTOBER 4, 2021. Originally published in Zocalo Public Square 75 Years Later, ‘War and Peace’ Survives, But Its Ideals Have Not As multiple crises pile atop one another in the young 21st century, a tripartite mural at a former San Francisco post… read more
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Nicholas Kristof Draws Comparisons between “Build Back Better” and New Deal
In a piece titled, “Biden’s Plan Isn’t ‘Spending’ but ‘Investing,’” Nicholas Kristof compares President Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan to the New Deal programs that built the physical infrastructure of the nation. Using the example of the Yamhill-Carlton High School… read more
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Please Join Us! Living New Deal Webinar Series, “The Next New Deal” “Biden’s Civilian Conservation Corps: Lessons from the Original CCC “ Thursday, October 21, 2021, 5-6pm PDT The Living New Deal will host Neil Maher, author of the… read more
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