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Jan 25, 2024

Breaking Ground: The New Deal’s legacy

In the first part of our new series, “Breaking Ground,” we explain how the New Deal changed American society.

Breaking Ground: The New Deal’s legacy — Library of Congress

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FDR’s New Deal transformed the economy. Could Biden do the same?
by Kai Ryssdal, Andie Corban and Maria Hollenhorst
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
We look back at a moment in U.S. history when the federal government remade its relationship with the economy.

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The Team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Andie Corban Producer I
Sarah Leeson Producer I
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II
Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I
Sofia Terenzio Assistant Producer
Jordan Mangi Assistant Digital Producer