Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Oregon, REA, and the Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative

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Above: A booklet of Christmas Carols from the Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative (Heppner, Oregon) to its members, ca. 1955. The booklet w...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

The REA, rural Oregon, and the Coos-Curry Electric Co-op

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Above: In this book (published by Bonanza Publishing, Prineville, Oregon, 1988) we learn from author Rick Steber that "Although power ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Integrated CCC camps in the Phoenix District

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The following photos are from the Official Annual 1936, Civilian Conservation Corps, Phoenix District, 8th Corps Area (Direct Advertising C...
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Thursday, March 19, 2026

The 1953 National Rural Electric Cooperative Meeting in San Francisco: Fighting corporate greed

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Above: A pinback from the 1953 NRECA meeting in San Francisco. Image scanned from a private collection . Rural Electric Cooperatives Fight ...
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

The Anti-New Deal Society: Healthcare for the disabled is being cut, so that the super-wealthy can live longer, healthier, and more luxurious lives

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Above: The description for this photograph reads: "WPA Recreation leaders conduct social hour for girls group at Arkansas State Hospit...
Sunday, February 1, 2026

We could have continued the New Deal; instead, we've created a nightmarish culture of financial predation, economic misery, and poverty-related death

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Above: FDR statue, at the FDR Memorial in Washington, DC. Photo by Carol Highsmith and provided courtesy of the Library of Congress . The m...
Friday, January 30, 2026

FDR's Economic Bill of Rights vs. The Modern Sociopath Society: The financial persecution of the aged, the infirm, and their family caregivers

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Above: President Franklin Roosevelt, ca. 1936. Photo from an uncredited postcard, and scanned from a personal copy . FDR's Economic Bil...