New Deal Today
View the Conversation A recording of Tuesday’s luncheon is available here. We hope you find it as fascinating at we did. Please share with anyone who might be interested! NCAC’s virtual luncheon explored the various approaches to resolving tensions around… read more
The New Deal Disproved and Biden Must Reject David Riemer and June Hopkins Originally published on The Hill. https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/531978-three-myths-about-unemployment As a new administration prepares to grapple with the economic crisis caused by COVID-19, three myths about unemployment continue to muddle the… read more
By June Hopkins and Stephen Seufert – 12/25/20 Originally published on The Hill https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/531042-donald-trump-the-anti-fdr In April 1932 Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt was running for president when the nation was in the depths of a devastating economic depression. He famously stated, “These… read more
Watch the recording for Art and Activism: Posters for Social Change, a Living New Deal online forum. Social movements historically have used posters to spread the word, build solidarity and demand change. During the New Deal, the WPA employed artists,… read more
Living New Deal Board Member Eric Rauchway published an essay in the Guardian. Titled, “Roosevelt’s New Deal offered hope in desperate times. We can do the same now,” the piece reflects on the Roosevelt Administration’s nation-building programs, which remain “unsurpassed”… read more
In an essay about the New Deal’s accomplishments, Marta Gutman, Professor of Architecture at CUNY and Living New Deal Associate, mentions the work of the Living New Deal Project. Click here to read Professor Gutman’s essay, titled “A Better United… read more
Just as the controversy over the Victor Arnautoff murals in San Francisco’s George Washington High School draws national and even international attention, New Deal era murals in the University of Oregon’s main library stir debate over public art, representations of… read more
FDR and the New Dealers were idealists, but their genius lay in a hard-nosed pragmatism and a willingness to experiment. The Green New Deal is still mostly a set of potential policies and hoped-for outcomes. To succeed, it needs to… read more
Beginning in 1942, when I was a year-and-a-half old, and for years thereafter, I would spend all summer with my parents in Tuolumne Meadows in the upper reaches of Yosemite National Park. I didn’t know until four decades later that… read more
The river winds from its Appalachian headwaters down the Tygart Valley in West Virginia, where a road known as the Seneca Trail takes snowboarders and hikers to and from Snowshoe’s year-round resort. Nearby, nestled in the crook of the valley’s… read more
Check out our new map and guide to the work of the New Deal in Washington, D.C. It includes 500 New Deal sites in the District alone, highlighting 34 notable sites, and includes an inset map of the area around the National Mall which can be used for self-guided walking tours.