New Deal Today: Policy & Politics
Since 2005, when The Living New Deal began the work of documenting the New Deal’s achievements across the country, we’ve been fortunate to have members of the Roosevelt family on our team. Descendants of FDR and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt… read more
On May 18, 2023, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will celebrate its 90-year anniversary. The TVA Board of Directors presented a letter from President Biden congratulating the authority on its 90-year anniversary since FDR signed the TVA Act establishing it… read more
But Democrats have a problem that has bedeviled their leaders on and off ever since shrewd political bosses from Albany and stalwart Jeffersonians from Virginia founded what would become the party roughly 200 years ago. They lack a social movement… read more
Environmental organizations unveil ‘Green New Deal pledge’ for 2022 candidatesSigners of the pledge commit to rejecting any donations of more than $200 from fossil fuel interests and commit to co-sponsoring 10 pieces of Green New Deal-related legislation within six months… read more
Victoria W. Wolcott, professor of History at the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the winner of the Living New Deal’s annual New Deal Book Award for 2022. Her book, Living in the Future: Utopianism and… read more
America needs a New Deal! With the help of our growing team and supporters like you, we are raising awareness of the importance of the New Deal—past and present. We believe we’re just hitting our stride! Check out the… read more
By Daniel DenvirJacobin.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 more
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… read more
By Jamelle BouieThe 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… read more
