New Deal
noun
: the legislative and administrative program of President F. D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s
also
: the period of this program
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Commentary and opinions Editorial board: To reach climate goals, L.A. needs action on its Green New Deal — not excuses.
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Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
These campaigns often won considerable support until the rise of the New Deal brand of modern liberalism, which combined with postwar affluence to mostly satisfy the issues and constituencies of the age.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 4 May 2024
Environmental advocates in Ithaca said the adoption of the new framework marks a significant step towards one of the central pledges of the city's Green New Deal: a commitment to addressing economic inequality while tackling the climate crisis.
—Rebecca Redelmeier, NPR, 4 May 2024
The first round of postings went up last week to join the American Climate Corps — an effort the Biden administration says is modeled after the New Deal jobs program created during the Great Depression.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
Some summoned the romance of the past: the feds opened applications for the brand new Climate Corps, which is modelled on the New Deal’s Civilian Conservation Corps but with young people signing up to bring clean energy to communities across the country.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
Fonda joined Greenpeace and other climate activists to advocate for Congress to pass the Green New Deal in 2019.
—Sanya Mansoor, TIME, 24 Apr. 2024
But social democrats also differed from the type of reformists and progressive liberals that have typically dominated the Democratic Party in the United States, except during the New Deal era, in which a more social democratic understanding of the economy emerged.
—Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Between the 1930s and the 1960s, the New Deal and Great Society programs created by Democrats ballooned the size of the welfare state.
—TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
These campaigns often won considerable support until the rise of the New Deal brand of modern liberalism, which combined with postwar affluence to mostly satisfy the issues and constituencies of the age.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 4 May 2024
Environmental advocates in Ithaca said the adoption of the new framework marks a significant step towards one of the central pledges of the city's Green New Deal: a commitment to addressing economic inequality while tackling the climate crisis.
—Rebecca Redelmeier, NPR, 4 May 2024
The first round of postings went up last week to join the American Climate Corps — an effort the Biden administration says is modeled after the New Deal jobs program created during the Great Depression.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
Some summoned the romance of the past: the feds opened applications for the brand new Climate Corps, which is modelled on the New Deal’s Civilian Conservation Corps but with young people signing up to bring clean energy to communities across the country.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
Fonda joined Greenpeace and other climate activists to advocate for Congress to pass the Green New Deal in 2019.
—Sanya Mansoor, TIME, 24 Apr. 2024
But social democrats also differed from the type of reformists and progressive liberals that have typically dominated the Democratic Party in the United States, except during the New Deal era, in which a more social democratic understanding of the economy emerged.
—Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Between the 1930s and the 1960s, the New Deal and Great Society programs created by Democrats ballooned the size of the welfare state.
—TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
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