New Deal
noun
: the legislative and administrative program of President F. D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s
also
: the period of this program
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Green New Deal programs aimed to use public resources to help transition from a reliance on fossil fuels to clean energy, according to the Sierra Club’s website.
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
Before long, the White House rescinded the OMB directive — though not, said Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the president’s earlier executive orders on DEI and the Green New Deal.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 1 Feb. 2025
Generations later, the fight for equality would be aided during President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal era by his Irish-American attorney general, Frank Murphy, who established the Civil Rights Unit of the Department of Justice.
—Jay Mwamba, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Roosevelt saw conservation as a crucial part of his New Deal and a way to both reverse the environmental degradation that had caused these disasters, as well as a means of providing work opportunities through programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
—Johnathan K Williams / Made By History, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
Before long, the White House rescinded the OMB directive — though not, said Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the president’s earlier executive orders on DEI and the Green New Deal.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 1 Feb. 2025
Generations later, the fight for equality would be aided during President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal era by his Irish-American attorney general, Frank Murphy, who established the Civil Rights Unit of the Department of Justice.
—Jay Mwamba, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Roosevelt saw conservation as a crucial part of his New Deal and a way to both reverse the environmental degradation that had caused these disasters, as well as a means of providing work opportunities through programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
—Johnathan K Williams / Made By History, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
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