Friday, October 31, 2014

Our Public Libraries Need A New Deal

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"We need to fight the privatization of the public library while at the same time defending and nourishing our existing libraries . ...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

2.1 Trillion Gallons of Water Lost Every Year, As the Political Right Scolds the New Deal

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( WPA poster, by artist Charlotte Angus, created in Pennsylvania, between 1941 and 1943. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

The WPA and the Chesapeake Bay

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( A view of the Chesapeake Bay from Kent Island. Photo by Brent McKee .) On April 8th, 1936, it was reported that the "Maryland S...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Old water lines are bursting across America and hurting small businesses. Why has our small-business-loving Congress failed to create a new WPA?

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( WPA poster, by artist Vera Bock, created in New York, 1936. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ....
Saturday, October 25, 2014

The WPA's American Family Robinson!

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( WPA poster, image courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division .)
Thursday, October 23, 2014

An old water main breaks in San Francisco and threatens a hospital. A WPA could have prevented that.

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( WPA poster, image courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division .)   This past Tuesday, October 21st, a 107-yea...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

WPA Theatre: The Devil Passes

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Above: "The Devil Passes" was a comedy drama written by Benn W. Levy (a member of the British Parliament) and was performed ...