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Op-Ed: Who says Trump will gut Social Security
"Do you think Social Security disability insurance is what people think of when they think of Social Security? I don't think ...
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Noted economists past and present on tariffs and free trade
In any discussion to understand free trade, protectionism and tariffs, there is no debate among credible economists: Free ...
Trump claims mantle of FDR’s first 100 days, but differences are stark
Roosevelt’s opening act yielded major new laws, while Trump governs largely by executive orders that can be swiftly ...
Juggling dynamite? At 100 days in office, Donald Trump is no Franklin D. Roosevelt
Both Donald Trump and Frankin D. Roosevelt have been accused of making risky moves by their detractors. But FDR wasn’t ...
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Trump claims mantle of FDR’s first 100 days, but differences are stark
At a meeting with Republican governors in February, Trump suggested that he and FDR have led America’s political shifts of the past century. “We’re forging a new political majority that is ...
A century ago, the government hired unemployed young men to build America's forests, trails, and parks. Photos show FDR's 'tree army.'
During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt created a tree army. Civilians planted trees, built dams, and transformed ...
Opinion
Trump Is the New FDR
P rogressives have long pined for another FDR. Here in the first couple of months of 2025, they’ve gotten one. President Trump’s mad opening dash is like nothing we’ve seen since Franklin Roosevelt’s ...