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Works Progress Administration

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Type: Organization

Name: Works Progress Administration

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Civilian Conservation Corps

An Answer to Unemployment: A Jobs-for-All Bill

It has been five years since the financial crisis struck, and progress in putting the unemployed back to work still lags, with no end in sight.With almost 12 million Americans unemployed and millions more underemployed, we have waited long enough for ... [Published US Congressman John Conyers, Jnr - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Unemployment, Taxes, Works Progress Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, John Conyers

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

American Legion

Legion Stadium marks 75th anniversary

WILMINGTON | The Historic Wilmington Foundation will present a special plaque Wednesday to Wilmington?s Legion Stadium to mark the 75th anniversary of its construction. Executive Director George Edwards of the foundation will turn the plaque over to the ... [Published Star News Online - 13 hours ago]

Entities: George Edwards, Works Progress Administration, American Legion, Construction

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Smithsonian Institution

Excavating Native American history

Last week we attended the opening of a new exhibit at the Catalina Island Museum in Avalon. The subject of the exhibit is a "Dr." Ralph Glidden, an uneducated digger who called himself an archeologist and excavated hundreds of Native American burial sites ... [Published San Jose Mercury News - May 20 2013]

Entities: SKELETON, Works Progress Administration, Smithsonian Institution, Mexico, Los Angeles

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Audubon Park

If you’re thinking family vacation, New Orleans might not be the first place to pop into your mind. But if you find yourself in the Big Easy with children in hand, and are looking for something more kid friendly than Bourbon Street, the French Quarter ... [Published American Profile - May 20 2013]

Entities: New Orleans, French Quarter, Mississippi River

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Franklin D Roosevelt

Bring Back The WPA

The overwhelming majority of unemployed Americans, who are now walking the streets and receiving private or public relief, would infinitely prefer to work. FDR, 1933It may seem hard to believe, but back in the 1930s the Federal government put Americans ... [Published CourierPostOnline.com - May 19 2013]

Entities: Franklin D Roosevelt, Ralph Stover, Works Progress Administration

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Works Progress Administration

WPA footprints still evident

, the Works Progress Administration was created to help provide economic relief to the citizens of the United States who were suffering through the Great Depression. The Federal Art Project was one of the divisions of the WPA created under Federal Project ... [Published PortalesNewsTribune - May 19 2013]

Entities: Works Progress Administration, Albuquerque (New Mexico, United States), Gerald Cassidy

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

150 Boise icons: The Bench

A homestead built in 1887 near what's now Curtis Road was one of the Bench's first residences, according to city historians. Morris Hill Cemetery, now a Bench institution, had been open just five years at that point.Canals and irrigation brought more ... [Published Idaho Statesman - May 19 2013]

Entities: Boise City (Idaho, United States), Geology, Military/Armed Forces

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

David Woolner: The Ongoing Crisis Demands Jobs, Not Deficit Reduction

"Now, the rise and fall of national income -- since they tell the story of how much you and I and everybody else are making -- are an index of the rise and fall of national prosperity. They are also an index of the prosperity of your Government. The money ... [Published Huffington Post - May 17 2013]

Entities: Franklin D Roosevelt, Crisis, Unemployment Rate

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Opinion: Policies now in place by the federal government are not serving the general welfare of the nation

By Times of Trenton guest opinion column The Times, TrentonView/Post Comments“We cannot continue to deny and postpone the demands of our own people while spending billions in the name of freedom elsewhere around the globe. No nation can exert greater ... [Published Times of Trenton - May 14 2013]

Entities: Infrastructure, Social Welfare, Trenton (New Jersey, United States), Robert F Kennedy, World War II

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 4 reports

This day in history - May 6

Actor George Clooney is 52 years old today.Today’s Highlight in History:•On May 6, 1863, the Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia ended with a Confederate victory over Union forces.On this date:•In 1882, President Chester Alan Arthur signed ... [Published Worcester Telegram & Gazette - May 06 2013]

Entities: Pim Fortuyn, Bob Graham, Lulu Roman, Volkert van der Graaf

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Today in history: May 6

The whites-only prom Caviar skin cream Permanent employee pride May 6On this day. 1933: President Franklin Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA put three million people to work in return for giving them financial assistance. ... [Published The Week Magazine - May 06 2013]

Entities: Franklin D Roosevelt, Works Progress Administration, West Wing, Thomas Jefferson

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Something should be done 4/28/2013

A rock wall along Route 690 in Moscow is crumbling. It is among several such structures built by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s in this region that are in need of repair. Something should be done. Email: ssbd@timesshamrock.com. ... [Published Scranton Times-Tribune - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Works Progress Administration, Moscow

Quotes

...recalled Albert Wild of Lakeside Canning Company in Plainview, according to a history compiled by Whitewater State Park Naturalist Elroy Preuhs. "They were always planning to escape. They were finally both taken care of" Wild continued...

Peace between POWs, farmers [Published Winona Post Online - 14 hours ago]

After his death, the director of the Southwest Museum wrote: "The great place of Dr. Frederick Webb Hodge as an authority on the American Indian, as an archeologist, ethnologist and historian will be more fully realized as time goes on when more and more scholars will receive the advantage of his great and dedicated work."

Excavating Native American history [Published San Jose Mercury News - May 20 2013]

"Every time you ride up onto the Bench, up Prospect or Americana, or Broadway onto Federal Way, you definitely know that you're on a hill" Matson said

150 Boise icons: The Bench [Published Idaho Statesman - May 19 2013]

...much up in the air, the mayor wanted to capture the property and make sure we have control over the future of the building," Reynolds said Friday. "We want to put something in there that preserves and enhances the neighborhood ... but I don't think the final disposition is determined yet."

Huntsville's surprise purchase of East Clinton School puts Old Town landmark back in public hands [Published al.com - May 17 2013]

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An Answer to Unemployment: A Jobs-for-All Bill [Published US Congressman John Conyers, Jnr - 6 hours ago]
Legion Stadium marks 75th anniversary [Published Star News Online - 13 hours ago]
Peace between POWs, farmers [Published Winona Post Online - 14 hours ago]
Audubon Park [Published American Profile - May 20 2013]
Excavating Native American history [Published San Jose Mercury News - May 20 2013]
Bring Back The WPA [Published CourierPostOnline.com - May 19 2013]
WPA footprints still evident [Published PortalesNewsTribune - May 19 2013]
Genealogy a little easier with technology [Published Muskogee Phoenix - May 19 2013]
150 Boise icons: The Bench [Published Idaho Statesman - May 19 2013]
Huntsville's surprise purchase of East Clinton ... [Published al.com - May 17 2013]
The Afghan Speech Obama Should Give... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 17 2013]
David Woolner: The Ongoing Crisis Demands Jobs,... [Published Huffington Post - May 17 2013]
The Ongoing Crisis Demands Jobs, Not Deficit Re... [Published Next New Deal - May 16 2013]
Cardin: Rockville Police Station is ‘Great Trib... [Published Rockville Patch - May 15 2013]
Opinion: Policies now in place by the federal g... [Published Times of Trenton - May 14 2013]
Local History: Recalling the A&P at the Eddy [Published NEagle.com - May 14 2013]
Greenhills birthed by short-lived government ex... [Published Cincinnati Enquirer - May 12 2013]
Missouri State Penitentiary timeline [Published Jefferson City News Tribune - May 12 2013]
Camp Pin Oak nearly rebuilt [Published Jefferson City News Tribune - May 12 2013]
Boardwalk battle over big dunes, tiny birds [Published New Jersey Online - May 12 2013]
Downtown bar makes its last call [Published Houma Today - May 11 2013]
Chris Treadway: Richmond to honor historic pres... [Published Contra Costa Times - May 11 2013]
CLUW co-founding officer Elinor Glenn dies at 98 [Published People's World - May 10 2013]
Alameda: Altarena Playhouse celebrates silver a... [Published Inside Bay Area - May 09 2013]
History: Woman who preserved slave stories ente... [Published Coastal Observer - May 09 2013]
How they saw us then [Published Rutland Herald - May 09 2013]
Photos: Press Box Erected on Foley Field [Published Bloomfield Patch - May 09 2013]
The Lubetsky brothers and local cigars [Published TradingCharts.com - May 08 2013]
Library celebrates 10th anniversary [Published Camas-Washougal Post-Record - May 08 2013]
UAFS Students Share Ideas On Proposed Fort Smit... [Published Southwest Times Record - May 07 2013]

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The Ongoing Crisis Demands Jobs, Not Deficit Re... [Published Next New Deal - May 16 2013] Today's leaders must recognize that job creation is the key to boosting revenues for the government and the people. Now, the rise and fall of national income—since they tell the story of how much you and I and everybody else are making—are an index ...
Mr. Lew to Berlin: Don’t Do What Obama Is Doing... [Published Firedoglake - Apr 10 2013] I. Treasury Secretary Lew Goes to Berlin, NPR interviews him about the budget Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew told Germans to cut austerity measures while President Obama pushes them at home. Treasury Secretary Lew goes to Berlin. Mr. Lew encourages ...
Where There's a Will, There's a WPA: Stopping t... [Published Next New Deal - Apr 08 2013] We can create the political will to tackle the jobs crisis by advancing a progressive economic narrative. The question we must ask today, as we remember the Works Progress Administration is: why isn’t there the political will to take dramatic steps ...
Is the WPA Invisible to Millennials? [Published Next New Deal - Apr 08 2013] The products of the WPA are all around us, but their history has been erased. The fact that the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is today remembered as an exceptional moment in American economic policy is evidence of the serious blind spots Americans ...
To Build a Nation and a People: FDR and the WPA [Published Next New Deal - Apr 08 2013] Today's Congress needs to step up as it did in the 1930s to address high unemployment and crumbling infrastructure. To those who say that our expenditures for Public Works and other means for recovery are a waste that we cannot afford, I answer that ...