Politics

Cautionary Healthcare Tales From California and Massachusetts Cautionary Healthcare Tales From California and Massachusetts

Signs of trouble no matter who is elected President.

Mar 25, 2008 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman

Progressives for Obama Progressives for Obama

The future has arrived: progressives can make a difference to ensure Barack Obama is our next President.

Mar 25, 2008 / Tom Hayden, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill Fletcher Jr., and Danny Glover

Beyond the New Deal Beyond the New Deal

How refreshing it would be if a presidential candidate reminded us of the experience of the New Deal.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Howard Zinn

FDR’s Democratic Propaganda FDR’s Democratic Propaganda

Today's progressive message-makers can learn a lot from Franklin Roosevelt's homey "fireside chats."

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Duncombe

Democratizing Capital Democratizing Capital

New Deal progressives believed the economy should exist to serve society, not the other way around.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Sherle R. Schwenninger

Potent Publics Potent Publics

The US public is wonderfully diverse, but the arts are not equally accessible to all.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Anna Deavere Smith

Labor’s New Deal Labor’s New Deal

Where the New Deal once served to rebalance the power between labor and capital, we are now perilously out of balance.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Andy Stern

For the ‘FDR’ For the ‘FDR’

The Bush Administration's solutions for the subprime mortgage crisis are too little, too late. Americans need a New Deal-style agency to manage domestic reconstruction.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

Race and the New Deal Coalition Race and the New Deal Coalition

Most New Deal programs were anything but race- and gender-neutral in their impact. They were both racially discrminatory and a boon to many black Americans.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Adolph Reed Jr.

The Only Fitting Tribute The Only Fitting Tribute

For Roosevelt, the New Deal was a way of advancing freedom, which depended on economic as much as political rights.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Frances Moore Lappé

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