New Deal of the Day
Periodic posts about the most interesting time in American history: The New Deal!
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...
Monday, January 12, 2026
New Deal Rugs: Craftsmanship, employment, recreation, job training, therapy, thrift, and social welfare
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Above: The description for this 1941 photograph reads: "Farm worker's wife making hooked rug in sewing class. A WPA (Work Projects...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Republicans raised my healthcare costs, after cutting taxes for themselves and their wealthy donors
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Above: A WPA poster, highlighting the New Deal principle of affordable healthcare. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress . Lower taxes ...
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
The New Deal Built Hospitals in Missouri. The 1% Are Shutting Them Down.
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Above: This graphic shows 20 hospitals built in Missouri from 1933 to 1939 with funding from the New Deal's Public Works Administration...
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Disaster relief: New Deal action vs. modern apathy
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Above: "Flood waters," a lithograph by Paul Weller (1912-2000), created while he was in the WPA's Federal Art Project, betwee...
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