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Floundering Democrats Urged to Adopt FDR New Deal-Style Popular Economic Policies
Episode 249
Published 9 months ago
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Interview with Heather Digby Parton, a contributing writer to Salon.com, conducted by Scott Harris.
Heather Digby Parton discusses the important issues examined in her recent Salon article, “Paging FDR: Democrats need to embrace New Deal-style politics,” where she recounts how President Franklin Delano Roosevelt fought for the underdog — and was brazenly ruthless, urging floundering Democrats to follow FDR’s lead.