Coming out of the Great Depression, we enacted a New Deal to put regular people back to work rebuilding our nation, ushering in an unprecedented era of American prosperity, freedom, and even creativity. But slowly, over the course of decades, the provisions of that program were chipped away and privatized, the effects of which were particularly acute in small-city and rural America.

It’s time for another New Deal to transform our economy, combat climate change, and establish meaningful and lasting economic, social, educational, and healthcare justice. We can do all that in a way that lifts all boats and leaves no one behind.