Deborah Gardner, a founding member of the Living New Deal New York City Chapter’s Working Group, and Roosevelt House Historian, curated an exhibit titled, “A Lens on FDR’s New Deal” at the Roosevelt House.
Find out more about the exhibition here.
Deborah Gardner, a founding member of the Living New Deal New York City Chapter’s Working Group, and Roosevelt House Historian, curated an exhibit at the Roosevelt House.
Find out more about the exhibition here.
By Daniel Denvir
Jacobin.com, December 16, 2023
During the New Deal, right-wing business people were furious that their authority was being challenged in the workplace and in society. So they started organizing. And that’s the origin story of the modern conservative movement.
Read the piece here.
Data for Progress, January 5, 2023
On April 5, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps, enlisting over 3 million young men to conserve America’s public lands. Ninety years later, President Biden has a chance to continue the legacy of the New Deal. New polling from Data for Progress finds that voters support the creation of a Civilian Climate Corps by a +39-point margin, including 88 percent of Democrats, 60 percent of Independents, and a plurality of Republicans.
By Jamelle Bouie
The New York Times, January 10, 2023
Conservative opposition to social insurance goes back to the New Deal itself. Social insurance and the welfare state are more than a ballast against the winds of capitalism; they are part of the foundation of self-government and the cornerstone of democratic citizenship
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By Carl Nolte
San Francisco Chronicle, January 21, 2023
The USS Potomac had a a big role in the New Deal. It was not just a yacht. A lot of serious presidential work was done on board the Potomac. The president could leave the White House and have policy discussions on board without interruption.
Read the story here.
Living New Deal director Richard Walker has the lead chapter, “From the New Deal to the Green New Deal,” in the 2022 volume, The Green New Deal and the Future of Work, edited by Craig Calhoun and Benjamin Y. Fong. Walker’s chapter looks at the New Deal as a model for ambitious and environmentally-conscious public policy today of the kind embodied in the Green New Deal proposal. Find the book here.
Living New Deal director Richard Walker published a book chapter titled, “From the New Deal to the Green New Deal.” Published in the volume, The Green New Deal and the Future of Work, edited by Craig Calhoun and Benjamin Y. Fong, the chapter looks at the New Deal as a model for ambitious public policy today. Find the book here.
The USS Potomac had an important role in the New Deal. It served as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidential yacht from 1936 until his death in 1945. The President held many work meetings with his cabinet members. “One frequent visitor was Frances Perkins, the secretary of labor.” Moored in Jack London Square, the yacht is owned and operated today by Ford Roosevelt, the president’s grandson and director of the Association for the Preservation of the Presidential Yacht Potomac. The San Francisco Chronicle published a story about the ship’s history and Ford Roosevelt’s work to preserve it.
A story by Steve Charnley published in the Daily News on December 24, 2022, and titled, “The story of the historic mural in the Greenville Post Office,” mentions the work of the Living New Deal. Read the story here.
