During the Great Depression, improving the nation’s infrastructure wasn’t the New Deal’s only agenda. Economic recovery also meant providing useful relief jobs to creative professionals, leading to the establishment of Federal One, the umbrella organization for the Federal Art, Theatre,… read more
Lizabeth Cohen has joined the Living New Deal’s Advisory Board. She is Professor of American Studies and History at Harvard and former dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She is author of several books including Making a New Deal: Industrial… read more
The Washingtonian published a story dedicated to Living New Deal’s recently launched Guide to the Art and Public Works of the New Deal in Washington DC. Titled, “This Map Shows How the New Deal Was a Big Deal for DC,”… read more
President Biden’s initial $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal is merely a belated down payment on decades of cost-cutting neglect and deferred maintenance that has brought much of U.S. infrastructure to near third world status. If it passes Congress, his proposal would… read more
The New Deal Art programs were a lifeline to struggling artists, of which New York had more than its share. Of the more than 10,000 artists commissioned nationwide by the WPA’s Federal Art Project (FAP) some 2,300 artists were in New York… read more
In every state, volunteers equipped with the Living New Deal’s new mobile app are sending us their New Deal discoveries. Our online New Deal map and database document 17,000 New Deal sites. We believe we’ve just scratched the surface! Our website draws… read more
Harry Lloyd Hopkins (1890-1946) stood at the side of President Franklin Roosevelt through the two terrible crises of the 20th century—the Great Depression and the Second World War. Hopkins was the president’s trusted advisor, his close friend, his gatekeeper, and… read more