Sep 15 FDR’s Green Dream: The Quoddy Dam Project By Kristin Miller In 1935 construction started on a massive New Deal project proposed by FDR in Passamaquoddy Bay. The Quoddy Dam Project would have stored the rising tide behind multiple dams and then slowly released the water through turbines, producing electricity. But… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Can a Small Maine Town’s Innovation Turn the Tides on Sustainable Energy? One of the big obstacles to clean energy is that most renewable sources are unreliable. A Maine company has installed the nation’s first commercial, grid connected tidal energy project. Water power is estimated to nearly double by 2030 and provide… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Elzena Johnson, 97, Delegate Who Voted for FDR, Remembers Poll Tax Elzena Johnson, 97, Delegate Who Voted for FDR, Remembers Poll Tax… Continue watching
Aug 10 Campaigning Through the Ages By Online DA From George Washington to the current Barack Obama, presidential campaigns have shaped American culture and history in lasting ways. Highlighted here are some notable items featured at the Library of Congress which tell an interesting story about the evolution of… Continue reading
Nov 23 From Lincoln to Obama: The White House Celebrates Thanksgiving By Jason Kane A meal shared by Pilgrims and American Indians might get most of the credit for the creation of Thanksgiving, but it was Abraham Lincoln who officially proclaimed the last Thursday in November a holiday, back in 1864. This slide show… Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch In Dorothea Lange’s Photos, Wisps of ‘Great Recession’ America's understanding of the Great Depression has, in large part, been shaped by the photography of Dorothea Lange. With the nation once again steeped in financial turmoil, Lange's images have taken on new relevance. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch The Overload Factor: Is President Obama Too Busy? As President Obama departs for Asia, he leaves a full menu of unfinished business at home: two wars to manage, a struggling economy and his push for health care reform, to name a few. Jim Lehrer speaks to a panel… Continue watching
May 26 Is There Any Talk of Reinstating Glass-Steagall? By Business Desk Question: Is there any talk of reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act? Paul Solman: For those who can’t remember as far back as 1933, Glass-Steagall was an act of Congress passed only three months after President Roosevelt took office and… Continue reading
May 13 Watch New ‘New Deal’ May Help Boost the Arts In partnership with KQED in San Francisco, NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the prospect for a new "New Deal" for the arts amid the economic downturn. Continue watching
May 05 Reader Response: Robert McElvaine on the Great Depression By Business Desk Comment: The coverage of the Great Depression by Robert McElvaine was so one sided it was unbelievable. [Editor’s note: You can watch the segment below.] Yes, the Great Depression was horrible, millions of people were out of work and… Continue reading