Friday, August 14, 2026

MAGA jacked-up prices, strangled public services, and gave tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires. What a fine record.

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Above: "Five and Ten," a linoleum engraving by Charles Surendorf (1906-1979), created while he was in the WPA, ca. 1938. "Fi...
Monday, August 10, 2026

20 ways that West Virginia is a public health, healthcare, and human rights disaster area

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Above: The description for this photograph, taken in Milton, West Virginia, July 6, 1938, reads: "Morris Memorial Hospital for Cripple...
Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Florence O'Brien and the WPA's Federal Theatre Project

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Above: A photo of "Florence O'Brien and the Four Kings of Rhythm." This photo was taken by the WPA in Los Angeles, between 19...
Monday, August 3, 2026

Elizabeth Clauss, Director of the WPA's Women's and Professional Projects for Northern California

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Above: This unfortunately poor quality photo shows Elizabeth Clauss (1903-1997), WPA Director of Women's and Professional Projects for ...
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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