Rural Electrification Act: What It is, How It Works
The Rural Electrification Act provided electricity to millions of rural Americans in the 1930s and is paving the way to expand Internet access today.
Houston Chronicle8d
FDR’s forest army: How the New Deal helped seed the modern environmental movement 85 years ago
Roosevelt signed an executive order allocating US$10 million for “Emergency Conservation Work.” This step launched one of the New Deal’s signature relief programs: the Civilian Conservation Corps, or ...
Trey Cooper's return to New Deal football pays dividends in win over Roosevelt
Trey Cooper's return to Texas, and the New Deal football team, has paid dividends for the Lions, including Friday's win over ...
Nevada Appeal18h
USDA announces financing for clean energy
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is announcing more than $7.3 billion in financing for rural electric cooperatives to build clean energy for rural communities across the country through the ...
New film spotlights US antisemitism which prevented rescue of Jews from Nazi atrocities
Honorable Mr. Morgenthau,” a film about Roosevelt’s wartime secretary of the treasury, shows how antisemitism in US government prevented rescue missions of Jews ...
Connecticut Post8d
FDR’s forest army: How the New Deal helped seed the modern environmental movement 85 years ago
Roosevelt signed an executive order allocating US$10 million for “Emergency Conservation Work.” This step launched one of the New Deal’s signature relief programs: the Civilian Conservation ...