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Scientists, Officials, And Military Are Issuing Major Warnings Ahead Of The Solar Eclipse

Once upon a time, we observed the above, now we’re just caught in traffic jams. There’s too much we can do, like filming a total eclipse of the sun. The post Scientists, Officials, And Military Are ... read more

First New Deal - the ‘hundred days’ and the Alphabet Agencies

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) This body was set up by the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act. Its aim was to end overproduction and falling prices in farming. Farmers were paid to ... read more

FARMERS: Plow-Under

What had changed its mind was the fact that the new Agricultural Adjustment Administration was ready to reward its sacrifice with $100,000,000 in quick cash. To sign the South up to Domestic ... read more

How Trade Agreements Are Made

Its membership includes high officials from the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, the Tariff Commission, the Department of Agriculture, the Treasury Department and the Agricultural ... read more

Henry Wallace: A Divided Mind

Less than a year after Henry A. Wallace was appointed Secretary of Agriculture one of his principal ghost writers told me he felt uncomfortable collaborating with the new Secretary. "He's unlike ... read more

Roosevelt and the New Deal

This included the building of schools, hospitals and roads. Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) Farmers were paid to destroy some crops and livestock to force up prices. Farmers earned ... read more

We Produce Too Much Food. The Green New Deal Can Stop This.

The first New Deal implemented the Agricultural Adjustment Act to keep farmer ... Clearly, the Trump administration is neither willing nor capable of taking on Big Ag. But the Green New Deal ... read more

Biography: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Among the laws and agencies created were the National Recovery Administration (NRA), the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). read more

The New Deal

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), created in 1933, gave $3 billion to states for work relief programs. The Agricultural Adjustment Act subsidized farmers for reducing crops and ... read more