This is the grave of Louis Howe. Born in 1871 in Indianapolis, Howe grew up very wealthy, at least at first. His father was a big businessman. But Louis was a very sickly kid who nearly died several times as a child. He had severe...
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Image showing Federal Art Project employment, 1936
Eric Rauchway is perhaps the finest working historian on the New Deal. He sees interesting parallels between Roosevelt and Biden, as this interview with Greg Sargent shows. Sargent: In the.
Louis Hyman is an excellent historian of capitalism, who wrote this book on temporary work, among other books. His op-ed today reminds us that while we focus on the New Deal's direct employment and labor law programs, (largely because they can serve a more socialist...
We have our annual (at least) longing to fix our national problems through reviving the Civilian Conservation Corps. In 1933, with the country deep in the Great Depression, the United.
I was happy to be interviewed for this Livia Gershon story at JSTOR Daily on what the Great Depression can tell us about where we are at today. The two.
Lizabeth Cohen is one of our most prominent historians of the mid-20th century. Now that we are in the early stages of what looks like the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, we are hearing a lot more about the New Deal. We were...
Above: General Electric president Gerald Swope David Leonhart had a piece in the Times yesterday that repeats a commonly-held notion about the mid-century American economy: that CEO's were kindlier and.
Michelle Goldberg writes some important things about what connects the anonymous "senior administration official" op-ed to the fact that Kavanaugh is almost certain to be confirmed. You've seen the line.
On July 28, 1933, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins gave a speech in Homestead, Pennsylvania. When the town's political leaders discovered she wanted to speak to workers outside the designated hall, they refused to allow her to speak. She then marched to the Homestead Post...
Above: Works Progress Administration project, Utah Mittens' daughter is pretty bright. From open borders to government-guaranteed jobs, today's Democrats are no longer the party of FDR. https://t.co/MOyahsJFEm — Ronna McDaniel.
On April 5, 1938, oral arguments began before the Supreme Court in the case of NLRB v. Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company. This case, while technically found in favor of.