Overall, these and other New Deal programs amassed an amazing record--finishing over 22,000 roads, 7,488 educational buildings and over 7,000 other sewer, water and other projects. These efforts ...

The WPA, which did not arrive in the first year or even the second year of the New Deal, was part of what some called "the second New Deal," legislated in 1935.

A centerpiece of the Roosevelt administration’s “second New Deal,’ the WPA was enacted in April 1935 as a replacement for direct federal relief — known as “the dole” — that was ...

The May 22 Your View in The Morning Call titled “Why a second New Deal would be a disaster” offers a deceptive description of the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s legislative ...

The WPA, which existed from 1935 to 1943, was the largest jobs program of several New Deal "alphabet" recovery initiatives, including the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Farm Security ...

FDR's WPA built up America's sagging spirits in the late '30s and early '40s by putting the masses to work building bridges, roads, parks and schools, as well as art and literacy programs. Flash ...

Of all of President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is the most famous, because it affected so many people’s lives. Roosevelt’s work-relief program ...

The WPA, launched in 1935 as part of the New Deal, employed mostly laborers who built thousands of schools, hospitals, playgrounds, libraries, roads, and municipal golf courses.

The legacy of the Works Progress Administration is strong in Phoenix and around Arizona. The WPA was part of the New Deal agencies, the name given to the close to 40 Federal agencies created by ...