To forge a new social contract is one thing. To explain it to people is another. The bureaucrats of the New Deal understood that very well. They also knew that art and architecture could be powerful ...

Telisha “Nikki” Jones grew up steeped in gospel, blues and R&B. She sang in a choir and wrote poetry. But becoming a full-time artist was “never a dream of mine,” she said. That all changed in ...

New Deal Treasure: Ben Shahn tells the story of the American experience before and after the passage of the Social Security Act in his mural "The Meaning of Social Security." This East Wall panel of ...