New New Deal

Not Your Granddad's New Deal: An Economic Stimulus for a Changing America

Page Gardner | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women, Divorced Women, Women's Issues, Obama Stimulus, New New Deal, New Deal, Obama New Deal, Obama Economic Recovery Plan, Single Women, Politics News

Just as FDR's New Deal boldly confronted the challenges of its times, we need a newer deal to help Obama's changing America, with 53 million "women on their own," to recover from this recession.

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What's Missing From Obama's Infrastructure Plan

Harry Shearer | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Army Corps of Engineers, Barack Obama, Public Works Campaign, New New Deal, Obama Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Obama Infrastructure Plan, Politics News

Friends of mine assure me that this is a stealth priority -- New Orleans is an issue that Obama cares so deeply about he dare not mention it yet.

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Elite Media Voices Begin Making Our Arguments

David Sirota | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media

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It seems the demands for accepting the progressive mandate of the election, Going Big and emulating FDR -- are starting to be echoed even in the elite media stratosphere.

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Investing in our Nation's Infrastructure

Stephanie Neely | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago

Read More: U.S. Economy, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Federal Deficit, National Infrastructure, Economy, New Bailout Bill, Crumbling Infrastructure, New New Deal, American Infrastructure, Health Care, Chicago News

Another flat-screen television made in Asia or a new pair of designer shoes made in Europe will not prevent another bridge from collapsing in Minnesota.

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Conservative Fiction: The New Deal Sucked!

Bill Scher | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Deal, Economy, New New Deal, Obama New Deal, Fdr, Recession, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fdr New Deal, Great Depression, Politics News

Conservatives are stuck in their default position, preferring fictional history to actual history, refusing to acknowledge what clearly has worked to stimulate the economy, and what clearly hasn't.

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A New Progressive Era?

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election 2008, New New Deal, Mandate, Democrats, New Deal, Barack Obama, Politics News

If Obama is elected, we will learn if he has the audacity of hope to launch a new era of bold progressive reform, and whether progressives can forge a force for change to propel it.

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