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SOURCE: Mother Jones
10/26/2020
How About Reviving the Civilian Conservation Corps?
Joe Biden has proposed something akin to the CCC if elected: the Civilian Climate Corps. Workers would manage forests, restore ecosystems, and even remove invasive species.
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SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer
8/31/2020
Millions of Young Men Toiled in FDR’s ’Tree Army’ to Help End the Great Depression. Could it Work Again?
Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon are introducing legislation for a revived version of the New Deal-Era Civilian Conservation Corps, seeking to create jobs in forestry, parks, and land conservation.
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SOURCE: New York Times
8/14/2020
How the World’s Largest Garbage Dump Evolved Into a Green Oasis
Freshkills is possibly the least likely poster child for urban ecological restoration in the world, and it is radical not just for the way it works — by encouraging flora and fauna do as they please — but for its sheer size. It is almost unbelievable that New York City would set aside a parcel of land as big as Lower Manhattan south of 23rd Street — and just let it go to seed.
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SOURCE: Newsday
7/27/2020
Wanted: A Civilian Coronavirus Corps
by Jonathan Zimmerman
We already have a template for it: the original CCC.
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5/10/2020
Spiritualism and Suspension Bridges: John Roebling and a Biographer's Sympathy for the Weird 19th Century
by Richard Haw
A biographer of Brooklyn Bridge designer John Roebling expected to write about a genius. He also ended up writing about a complete weirdo, and how one man could be both.
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SOURCE: WBUR
4/9/2020
What The Depression-Era Works Progress Administration Can Teach Us About The Arts During A Crisis
During the Great Depression, art became a part of people's everyday lives, notes art historian Jody Patterson.
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