A look back at the New Deal, and its projects that made America.
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American RadioWorks :: June 5th, 2009
The New New Deal: Radio: Bridge to Somewhere
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BLUEPRINT AMERICA :: June 5th, 2009
Building the National Infrastructure Bank: Overview
President Barack Obama has called for the creation of a National Infrastructure Bank. The intention: To create a structure so public works projects could be, according to the President while campaigning last year, “determined not by politics, but by what will maximize our safety and homeland security; what will keep our environment clean and our economy strong.” Still, it is unclear how a National Infrastructure Bank would function -- or even be established.
Blueprint America looks at the possibility of the Bank -- both the design and implementation of -- in interviews with Felix Rohatyn, author of Bold Endeavors: How our government built America, and why it must rebuild now, and Stan Hazelroth, Executive Director of the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank. Additionally, a breakdown of the progress of the National Infrastructure Bank so far.
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Blueprint America :: June 5th, 2009
Partner Stations: Overview
In partnership with Blueprint America, ten public television stations across the country concentrate on the state of their local infrastructure. PBS stations are producing radio and television segments, hosting discussions between policy makers and their communities, and offering further content online, all as a part of Blueprint America.
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AMERICAN RADIOWORKS :: June 5th, 2009
The New New Deal: Overview
Blueprint America -- with American RadioWorks on public radio — looks at the new New Deal: President Barack Obama wants to create jobs by building infrastructure, but so did another president. Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to put people to work by building roads, bridges, dams, sewers, schools, hospitals and even ski jumps. The structures that New Deal agencies built transformed America.
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AMERICAN RADIOWORKS :: June 5th, 2009
The New New Deal: Civilian Conservation Corp
The Civilian Conservation Corps was the first and most popular New Deal program. Millions of young men who could not find work signed up to be part of Roosevelt's "forest army." They planted trees, fought forest fires, and built trails and buildings we still use today.
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AMERICAN RADIOWORKS :: June 5th, 2009
The New New Deal: Works Progress Administration
The WPA was one of Roosevelt's most controversial programs. It put millions of people to work doing things like painting murals, sewing clothes, running nursery schools and serving school lunches. But most WPA workers built things. Their legacy is all around us.
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AMERICAN RADIOWORKS :: June 5th, 2009
The New New Deal: Public Works Administration
The Public Works Administration left an enormous legacy of public works. PWA workers built projects in all but three counties in the United States, but many of the structures they left behind have no plaque mentioning the PWA. Americans use these structures every day without realizing where they came from.
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BLUEPRINT AMERICA :: June 3rd, 2009
Partner Stations: Video: Blueprint New York
New York Now on WMHT public television in New York - as a part of Blueprint America - looks at the politics New York State spending on infrastructure.
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Blueprint America :: May 27th, 2009
Partner Stations: Video: Blueprint Nebraska
Blueprint Nebraska on Nebraska Educational Television - as a part of Blueprint America - speaks to Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman and Sen. Ben Nelson about the federal stimulus package and how the state might use its share. Also, radio reports on the state of Nebraska's infrastructure.
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