http://dir.salon.com/topics/franklin_delano_roosevelt/?source=rss&aim=franklin_delano_roosevelt en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT articles about franklin delano roosevelt By Michael Lind Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/jobs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/jobs/index.html?source=rss The real unemployment rate is almost 20 percent. Here's what the federal government can do about the jobs crisis By Michael Lind Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/29/obama_pax_americana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/29/obama_pax_americana/index.html?source=rss Obama has the chance to end our Cold War hangover, and start an era where the U.S. is not the sole global policeman By Michael Lind Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/01/demagogy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/01/demagogy/index.html?source=rss Why can't Democrats mobilize the public for healthcare reform? Blame the demagogy gap By Paul Maslin Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/12/obama_polls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/12/obama_polls/index.html?source=rss A pollster applies some historical context and gives three reasons why things aren't bleak for the president By Robert Reich Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/29/reich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/29/reich/index.html?source=rss The public has to force him to do the right thing By Robert Reich Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/27/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/27/obama/index.html?source=rss His first 100 days has been a sprint. But the success of his second 100 days -- and his presidency -- hinges on a series of tough decisions. By Michael Lind Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/06/neoliberalism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/06/neoliberalism/index.html?source=rss Once, even Republican presidents like Eisenhower and Nixon believed in the public sector. Now, during a national crisis, a Democrat opts for inadequate, neoliberal, private-sector remedies. What happened? By Gabriel Winant Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/02/12/duncan_tva/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/02/12/duncan_tva/index.html?source=rss Former RNC chair Mike Duncan quits bashing the nanny state, becomes the nanny state. By Mark Schone Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/06/new_deal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/06/new_deal/index.html?source=rss A slide show of two dozen excellent things the federal government bought with your money. By Michael Lind Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/22/new_contract_three/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/22/new_contract_three/index.html?source=rss If the Democrats will stop trying to out-hawk the Republicans, the Obama administration can begin rebuilding America's economy and military -- and international image. By Michael Lind Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/21/new_contract_two/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/21/new_contract_two/index.html?source=rss We need a new citizen-based Social Contract that would deliver universal healthcare and paid family leave. By Michael Lind Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/20/new_contract_one/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/20/new_contract_one/index.html?source=rss We need a New Contract with the American people, starting with a sweeping program of modernization that echoes Lincoln and FDR. By Mark Schone Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/01/13/first_hundred_days/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/01/13/first_hundred_days/index.html?source=rss The author of "Nothing to Fear" talks about the striking parallels -- and differences -- between the president-elect and another who took office at a time of economic meltdown. By Steve Fraser Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/03/obama_fdr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/03/obama_fdr/index.html?source=rss Roosevelt came into office with a brain trust ready to enact change. Are Obama's brainiacs up to that task -- or are they too beholden to the Clintonian, neoliberal past? By Mike Davis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/21/obama_future/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/21/obama_future/index.html?source=rss New infrastructure will become so many bridges to nowhere unless Obama saves human-needs budgets and public-sector jobs. By Andrew Leonard Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/02/depression/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/02/depression/index.html?source=rss Is it coming to a soup kitchen near you? Here's how we'll know if the current recession is turning into something much worse. By Alex Koppelman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/11/goldberg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/11/goldberg/index.html?source=rss An interview with conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg, who argues that fascism is left-wing, not right-wing, and that contemporary liberals are fascism's intellectual offspring. By Ted Widmer Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/12/second_term_presidents/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/12/second_term_presidents/index.html?source=rss Bush backers boast that his victory gives him a chance to join the greats. But most reelected presidents have been far less effective in their second term than in their first. By Tim Grieve Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/06/25/sunstein_fdr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/06/25/sunstein_fdr/index.html?source=rss No matter who wins in November, author Cass Sunstein says, the country has moved far from Roosevelt's vision of a second Bill of Rights -- and a brand of liberalism that is no longer in fashion. By Robert Scheer Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/scheer/2003/12/10/dime/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/scheer/2003/12/10/dime/index.html?source=rss Dismissing FDR as simply a "liberal icon" who must be replaced by Reagan on the dime diminishes both presidents -- as Nancy Reagan clearly knows. By Judith Greer Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/06/14/fdr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/06/14/fdr/index.html?source=rss With the release of "Pearl Harbor," conspiracy theorists have resurrected the canard that Roosevelt had advance warning of the attack. By Charles Taylor Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/10/22/buchanan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/10/22/buchanan/index.html?source=rss In his controversial -- and frightening -- new bestseller, Pat Buchanan argues for a mighty America built upon the corpses of the weak. By Amy Reiter Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/09/01/npwed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/09/01/npwed/index.html?source=rss Greatest phonies of last hundred years; Newt no candidate for sainthood; Lucianne Goldberg likens Starr to a lounging lizard. By Fred Branfman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/10/14/clinton961014/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/10/14/clinton961014/index.html?source=rss Clinton's moment of truth By Andrew Ross Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/02/24/interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/02/24/interview/index.html?source=rss Liberals' night of the living dead is over