New Deal to Big Deal

By William Jelani Cobb | TheRoot.com What FDR’s breakthrough can teach us about our post-racial future. AFP/Getty Images Nov. 25, 2008–Among the many plot twists in the 2008 campaign has been the return of Franklin Roosevelt as a political icon. After suffering years of disparagement as the architect of big government, the deepening economic crisis has given many Americans a new appreciation for the 32nd president. Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama are reportedly readin

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