This is the grave of Louis Howe. Born in 1871 in Indianapolis, Howe grew up very wealthy, at least at first. His father was a big businessman. But Louis was.
Image showing Federal Art Project employment, 1936
Louis Hyman is an excellent historian of capitalism, who wrote this book on temporary work, among other books. His op-ed today reminds us that while we focus on the New.
We have our annual (at least) longing to fix our national problems through reviving the Civilian Conservation Corps. In 1933, with the country deep in the Great Depression, the United.
Lizabeth Cohen is one of our most prominent historians of the mid-20th century. Now that we are in the early stages of what looks like the worst economic crisis since.
Above: General Electric president Gerald Swope David Leonhart had a piece in the Times yesterday that repeats a commonly-held notion about the mid-century American economy: that CEO's were kindlier and.
On July 28, 1933, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins gave a speech in Homestead, Pennsylvania. When the town's political leaders discovered she wanted to speak to workers outside the designated.
Above: Works Progress Administration project, Utah Mittens' daughter is pretty bright. From open borders to government-guaranteed jobs, today's Democrats are no longer the party of FDR. https://t.co/MOyahsJFEm — Ronna McDaniel.
