Howard Lee, the district WPA director, was motivated (by politics) to defend the record of accomplishments locally. It was a long list; the list of incomplete projects was even longer. Pending ...

Commentator Gary Joiner examines the WPA accomplishments close to home and farther afield across the nation.

So, in exchange for financial assistance to “the deserving poor,” recipients of WPA aid built highways, schools, hospitals and airports. They restored theaters and even built a ski lodge on ...

In announcing the WPA, Roosevelt was careful to align the program with the traditional American values of independence and self-reliance. Drawing a sharp contrast between relief, which he deemed ...

The posters came out of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), President Franklin Roosevelt's attempt to put huge numbers of unemployed Americans back to work during the Great Depression.

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 ...

WPA public service posters are often recognized for their remarkable design. Lesser known? They also pioneered the art of screen printing. From 1935 and 1942, under Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s ...