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Topic: Works Progress Administration

The remnants of a destroyed home stand more than two weeks after Hurricane Maria hit the island on October 6, 2017. (Getty/Mario Tama)

Epic response to an epic disaster in '36

Minrose Gwin
(AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Andrea Flynn - Next New Deal
Down and out (AP/Rick Bowmer)

A crisis in slow motion

Richard Kirsch - Next New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt

Elizabeth Pearson