new deal

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As for domestic policy, the high-water mark of federal government power previously was coincidently during the tenure of TR’s distant cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in the New Deal.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

It was praised by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and built support for New Deal programs, such as federal migrant camps, and for union-organizing efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

He father, Tommy D’Alesandro, was a Democratic New Deal congressman, who went on to serve three terms as mayor.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

During the Great Depression, the Works Projects Administration, a New Deal agency created to combat unemployment, established 14 emergency nursery schools in New York.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

In the New Deal we were their guestroom, their finished basement.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates