Passage of JERA and creation of a CCC would embody the spirit of the original New Deal and usher in a 21st Century New Deal, say descendants — Dear Mr. President: We write, as the descendants of the men and women who designed the New Deal, to commend your focus on the urgency of big, bold action to create jobs to help America build back better. Specifically, we commend your Civilian Climate Corps Initiative, and we heartily recommend…

The successful, popular government program is under attack — Since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law eighty-five years ago, widespread bipartisan support in Congress and among the American people has existed for what may be the most important, consequential legislation in the history of the United States. Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower — in a candid…

An Open Letter to Vice President Biden from the children and grandchildren of FDR and his New Dealers — Dear Vice President Biden: We are descendants of the men and women who designed and implemented President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the worst economic decline of the 20th Century. We are tremendously heartened to hear of your recognition that today’s crises…