The Wall Street Journal mentioned the work of the Living New Deal in a story about the New Deal arts programs that funded thousands of artists whose work can be viewed today in post offices and libraries across the country. Read the story here.
Gray Brechin and Harvey Smith were interviewed in the East Bay Yesterday on February 27, 2021. The story delves into the work of the Living New Deal and reflects on the impact of the New Deal in the Bay Area. Read more here.
Dani Rodrik, Living New Deal Board member and Harvard economist, spoke to the Financial Times about the economic roots of populism and noted that, “We are in a chronic state of shortage of good jobs.” read the full story here.
Detail of a fresco by Victor Arnautoff at Coit Tower in San Francisco, California. Photo courtesy of the Jacobin. All Rights Reserved.
In a piece titled, “The New Deal Put Huge Numbers of Unemployed Artists to Work,” Ellen Engelstad writes about New Deal job programs and discusses New Deal art in San Francisco with Gray Brechin. Read more here.
Living New Deal founder and project scholar, Gray Brechin, spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle about Ponderosa Way, the 800-mile firebreak which once crossed California from Mount Shasta to Bakersfield. Read the story here.
Evan Kalish, Living New Deal Researcher at Large mentioned in a Washington Post story on the covering of a Cantonsville MD Post Office mural depicting slavery. The mural was painted by New Deal era artist Avery Johnson. Read the story here.
Economist Darrick Hamilton mentions the Living New Deal in a conversation with Democracy Now! About pushing the next administration to the left. Listen to the segment here.
Photo: WPA women in New Mexico are weaving rag rugs. By Russell Lee, Library of Congress.
The Living New Deal was mentioned in an Article from Labor Notes. Titled, “In the Face of Mass Unemployment, We Need a 21st Century WPA” and authored by Max Page, the article calls for a new Works Progress Administration. Read the story here.
Living New Deal Director Richard A Walker, and Living New Deal Board members Robert Reich and Price Fishback, were quoted in Bitterroot Magazine. Authored by Jake Bullinger, and titled, “The Marriner Doctrine: How a Utah Banker Tackled the Great Depression,” the article examines the COVID-19 recovery through the lens of the precedents set by the New Deal.
Rose Aguilar spoke with Living New Deal’s Gray Brechin and Richard A Walker for the May 14 edition of Your Call on KALW. Walker and Brechin reflect on the state of the country and the unfolding crisis to argue it’s time for a New New Deal.
Listen to the interview here.
Living New Deal Director, Richard A Walker, was quoted in a piece published in the Morning Call. The story explores how the New Deal can serve as a model for the coronoavirus recovery plan. Read the piece here.
The Living New Deal was mentioned in an article titled, “From murals to stadiums, the New Deal left a legacy of public projects surrounding us today,” published in the Boston Globe. Our Massachusetts National Associate, Fern Nesson, was interviewed for the story.
Living New Deal Director Richard A Walker was interviewed on KPFA on April 22 for a segment on Against the Grain. Titled “The Global Economy, Climate Change, and Covid 19,” the segment was a conversation about the COVID-19 pandemic, the unfolding economic crisis, and the need for a new New Deal. Listen to the segment here.
In an op-ed in the New York Times, David Leonhardt looks to the New Deal to argue that we need to build support for government institutions by highlighting its achievements. Read more here.
