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There's plenty of good air and sunshine : 1938, Western North Carolina WPA life histories / by Lunsford, R. Scott,compiler.; Stevens, Anne Winn,author.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Lunsford, Georgia, 1893-1967.; United States. Works Progress Administration; Depressions; Oral history; Tenant farmers; Sharecroppers; Farmers; Day laborers; Housewives; Homemakers; Women household employees; Household employees; Dairy farmers; Women farmers; Laundresses; Laundry workers; Teachers; Public schools; Millers; Barbers; Clergy; Landlords;

Rural community development : theory and practice of rural community development in the United States with possible application to the Village Agricultural-Industrial Development Program in Pakistan / by Freeman, Charles.(CARDINAL)780470; Mayo, Selz C.; North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station.Department of Rural Sociology.(CARDINAL)168343; United States.International Cooperation Administration.Community Development Division.(CARDINAL)289961;
Subjects: Rural development; Rural development; Agriculture; Agricultural extension work;

From the margins : Lee Krasner, Norman Lewis, 1945-1952 / by Kleeblatt, Norman L.,author.(CARDINAL)169814; Brown, Stephen,1955-author.(CARDINAL)335207; Saltzman, Lisa,author.(CARDINAL)212919; Bagneris, Mia L.,author.(CARDINAL)335206; Krasner, Lee,1908-1984.Works.Selections.; Lewis, Norman,1909-1979.Works.Selections.(CARDINAL)816999; Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.),publisher,host institution.(CARDINAL)156362;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This exhibition brings together two New York painters whose works offer unique and compelling approaches to abstraction. Born one year apart, Lee Krasner (1908-84) and Norman Lewis (1909-79) shared similar family situations and came of age in the economic, social, and historic complexities of the 1930s. They formed their creative identities in the artistic and cultural ferment of New York City that was to catapult it to the center of the art world after World War II. Lee Krasner was born in Brooklyn to a Russian Jewish immigrant family. She studied at the Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design. From 1934 through 1943 she supervised a section of the mural division of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Krasner married the painter Jackson Pollock in 1945. Norman Lewis' parents were immigrants from Bermuda. His family lived on Lenox Avenue in Harlem. He studied drawing and commercial design in high school before joining the merchant marine and sailing throughout the Caribbean and South America. In the early 1930s Lewis worked with Augusta Savage, the founder and director of the Savage Studio of Arts and Crafts in Harlem. Like Krasner, he was a beneficiary of the public-works programs of the Depression years, teaching art under the auspices of the Federal Art Project. Krasner and Lewis reached their mature styles during the 1940s and 1950s. Their works of these years suggest intriguing parallels. Both painters developed many of the signature elements of Abstract Expressionism - a rejection of realist representation; a decentered, all-over approach to the picture plane; spontaneous, gestural brushwork; and a free use of non-naturalistic color. Both reveled in the sensual pleasures of design. A key aspect of their experimental method was the use of line - loose and organic or formal and gridlike. Both artists also drew upon sources with personal meanings: ancient and nonwestern art, contemporary music, forms of writing, references to urban life. The parallel viewing of two innovative mid-century painters offers insights into both their artistic achievements and this transformative era in America."--Jewish Museum website.Introduction: from the margins / Norman L. Kleeblatt & Stephan Brown -- Lee Krasner, Norman Lewis -- Mysterious writings: on Lee Krasner's little images and the language of abstraction / Lisa Saltzman -- Loner in the dark: the singular vision of Norman Lewis and the evidence of things unseen / Mia L. Bagneris.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984; Lewis, Norman, 1909-1979; Abstract expressionism; Painting, American;

The playbook : a story of theater, democracy, and the making of a culture war / by Shapiro, James,1955-author.(CARDINAL)760872;
"A brilliant and daring account of a culture war over the place of theater in American democracy in the 1930s, one that anticipates our current divide, by the acclaimed Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro From 1935 to 1939, the Federal Theatre Project staged over a thousand productions in 29 states that were seen by thirty million (or nearly one in four) Americans, two thirds of whom had never seen a play before. At its helm was an unassuming theater professor, Hallie Flanagan. It employed, at its peak, over twelve thousand struggling artists, some of whom, like Orson Welles and Arthur Miller, would soon be famous, but most of whom were just ordinary people eager to work again at their craft. It was the product of a moment when the arts, no less than industry and agriculture, were thought to be vital to the health of the republic, bringing Shakespeare to the public, alongside modern plays that confronted the pressing issues of the day--from slum housing and public health to racism and the rising threat of fascism. The Playbook takes us through some of its most remarkable productions, including a groundbreaking Black production of Macbeth in Harlem and an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's anti-fascist novel It Can't Happen Here that opened simultaneously in 18 cities, underscoring the Federal Theatre's incredible range and vitality. But this once thriving Works Progress Administration relief program did not survive and has left little trace. For the Federal Theatre was the first New Deal project to be attacked and ended on the grounds that it promoted "un-American" activity, sowing the seeds not only for the McCarthyism of the 1950s but also for our own era of merciless polarization. It was targeted by the first House un-American Affairs Committee, and its demise was a turning point in American cultural life--for, as Shapiro brilliantly argues, "the health of democracy and theater, twin born in ancient Greece, have always been mutually dependent." A defining legacy of this culture war was how the strategies used to undermine and ultimately destroy the Federal Theatre were assembled by a charismatic and cunning congressman from East Texas, the now largely forgotten Martin Dies, who in doing so pioneered the right-wing political playbook now so prevalent that it seems eternal"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-342) and index.
Subjects: Informational works.; Federal Theatre Project (U.S.); United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944); Theater and society; Politics and literature; Culture conflict;

Exploring airport employee commute and parking strategies / by Ricard, Diane M.(CARDINAL)311634; United States.Federal Aviation Administration.(CARDINAL)139906; Airport Cooperative Research Program.(CARDINAL)307624; National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board.(CARDINAL)141287;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-62).Airport employees are vital to the operation of an airport. They staff the airport on a daily basis from well before the first flight operation until after the last flight operation, which at many airports is 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Airport employees generate a significant number of vehicle trips to and from the airport each day, which impacts air quality, airport traffic conditions, and traffic in the communities surrounding the airport and on the freeway system. The purpose of this report was to determine what is known about airport employee commute patterns and commute modes, what programs are being offered to airport employees by the airport operator or a transportation management association (TMA) to provide them with alternatives to the drive alone commute to work, how progress is being monitored, what is known about the effectiveness of airport employee commute options (ECO) programs, what the challenges are for the providers of such programs, and to research some ECO programs offered by non-airport employers for program elements that may have applicability in the airport environment. This report was accomplished through a literature search of airport employee commute programs, commute programs offered by non-airport employers that may have applicability in the airport environment, and through interviews with four U.S. and one U.K. airport operators (of 16 airports and 3 TMAs identified, 84 percent interviewed) that offer comprehensive airport ECO programs. Each of the five case studies provides an example of how ECO strategies are applied in the airport environment.Research sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration
Subjects: Technical reports.; Access to airports; Airport parking facilities; Airports; Commuting; Employer-sponsored transportation;

Blacklash : how Obama and the Left are driving Americans to the government plantation / by Borelli, Deneen.(CARDINAL)398308;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-285).Introduction: Hard work, not handouts -- The good ol' government plantation -- The Obama irony -- Digging deep holes -- How Black leaders fail us -- The NAACP as liberal front group -- Green liberal lies -- The dangers of an unhealthy liberal agenda -- Playing the race card -- Conclusion: Uprising on the plantation -- Appendix A: Congressional testimony -- Appendix B: FreedomWorks rally speech.The good ole government plantation -- The Obama irony -- Slave traitors -- Race-baiting agenda -- Digging deep holes -- Black leaders are failing us -- NAACP: just a liberal front group -- Government overreach -- Liberal lies -- Dangers of an unhealthy liberal agenda -- Playing the race card to stop the tea party -- Conclusion: uprising on the plantation -- Appendix A: congressional testimony -- Appendix B: freedomworks speech.Argues that the Obama administration's policies are jeopardizing the black community and the nation at large, contending that progressive programs are actually promoting poverty at the expense of both the working and privileged classes.Borelli, one of the most visible and outspoken black conservatives in the country, argues that Obama's policy overreach has frozen racial tensions in this country. The Left, having introduced the race card to defend Obama from the massive unpopularity of his policies, has turned a blind eye to the leadership failures that have spread down through black career politicians who are causing a cycle of oppression in America. She demands that new black leaders abandon the false rhetoric and inexcusable lies of so-called progressive politics.
Subjects: Obama, Barack; African Americans;

How schools work : an inside account of failure and success from one of the nation's longest-serving secretaries of education / by Duncan, Arne,author.(CARDINAL)589859;
Lies, lies everywhere -- If we build it, they will come -- "The number is zero-point-two" -- The consortium -- "We need the carrot" -- One blue, one red -- Strange bedfellows -- Twenty-five pounds of apples and three pounds of cheese -- "We matter!" -- How schools work -- Appendix: What can you do?Drawing on nearly three decades in education-from his mother's after-school program on Chicago's South Side to his tenure as Secretary of Education in DC-How Schools Work follows Arne (as he insists you call him) as he takes on challenges at every turn: gangbangers in Chicago housing projects, parents who call him racist, teachers who insist they can't help poor kids, unions that refuse to modernize, Tea Partiers who call him an autocrat, affluent white progressive moms who hate yearly tests, and even the NRA, which once labeled Arne the "most extreme anti-gun member of President Obama's Cabinet." Going to a child's funeral every couple of weeks, as he did when he worked in Chicago, will do that to a person. "How Schools Work" exposes the lies that have caused American kids to fall behind their international peers, from early childhood all the way to college graduation rates. But it also celebrates the countless everyday heroes Arne has encountered along the way: teachers, principals, reformers, staffers, business people, mayors, and presidents. "How Schools Work" will inspire parents, teachers, voters, and even students to demand more of our public schools. If America is going to be great, then we can accept nothing less.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Duncan, Arne.; Education; Education and state; Public schools; Educational change; School administrators; Cabinet officers;

Electoral dysfunction [videorecording] / by Rocca, Mo.(CARDINAL)465616; Deschamps, David.(CARDINAL)208400; Farrell, Leslie D.(CARDINAL)221966; Singer, Bennett L.(CARDINAL)208401; Keuper, Jay.; Friedman, Joseph.; Chandra, Mridu.; Filmakers Library, Inc.(CARDINAL)127640; Trio Pictures (Firm);
Co-producer, Mridu Chandra ; editor, Jay Keuper ; directory of photography, Joseph Friedman."The film opens as Mo makes an eye-opening discovery: The U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to vote. Mo sets out to learn why the Founding Fathers deliberately omitted the right to vote from the Constitution--and to understand the consequences of this decision. His quest leads him to Indiana, which has some of the strictest voting laws in the country. He meets two impassioned local activists--Republican Dee Dee Benkie of Versailles and Democrat Mike Marshall of North Vernon--who take him inside their efforts to turn out every vote. Dee Dee, a member of the Republican National Committee who worked in Karl Rove's office at the White House, has met her match in Mike, a veteran political consultant and former State Representative. Things heat up when the Republicans file a lawsuit challenging thousands of Democratic absentee ballots. As he progresses on his journey, Mo explores the heated debate over Voter ID and voter fraud; searches for the Electoral College; gets to know a former felon who mistakenly believed she was disenfranchised for life; critiques ballot design with Todd Oldham; and encounters a range of activists, experts, and election administrators, along with some highly opinionated third graders, who offer commentary on how voting works--or doesn't work--in America. Woven throughout the film are sequences in which Mo meets reformers working to bring greater fairness and transparency to our election system. Among these reformers are proponents of the National Popular Vote Campaign, who have devised a plan to reform the Electoral College without a Constitutional amendment. Although this pragmatic measure--which would result in direct election of the President--has already passed in 31 state legislative chambers, it has received scant attention from the mainstream media. These stories carry the film into the future while giving viewers concrete steps they can take to help bring about change"--Provided by producer.Rating: Not rated.DVD.Winner, American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award ; Winner, Chicago International Film Festival Television Competition ; Official Selection, Montreal World Film Festival ; Featured Selection, New York Times Op-Docs Series.
Subjects: Television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Elections; Voting; Politics, Practical;

Hinge points : an inside look at North Korea's nuclear program / by Hecker, Siegfried S.,author.(CARDINAL)859464;
Includes bibliographical references and index. Nuclear background -- The state of play prior to January 2004 trip -- Would you like to see our product? : the improbable visit to North Korea -- Disastrous consequences of Bolton's hammer -- Back to North Korea : Vice Minister Kim Gye Gwan, "No LWR, no deal" Bob Joseph, "No LWR till pigs fly" -- Kim Jong Il : buying time -- "Tell America it worked and North Korean people are filled with pride" -- 2009 : back to the negotiating table -- 2007 and 2008 visits : back to Yongbyon to confirm disablement -- 2008 : almost there, but it all falls apart -- 2009 and 2010 : clenching the fist instead of reaching for Obama's outstretched hand -- 2010 visit : "tomorrow, you will have a bigger surprise" -- November 2010 to April 2012 : Leap Day deal goes up in smoke along with DPRK rocket -- Does the U.S. blow the Leap Day deal up over one stupid rocket launch? -- From strategic patience to benign neglect -- The "fire and fury" of 2017 -- From the Olympics to Singapore -- The train wreck in Hanoi.North Korea remains a puzzle to Americans. How did this country-one of the most isolated in the world and in the policy cross hairs of every U.S. administration during the past 30 years-progress from zero nuclear weapons in 2001 to a threatening arsenal of perhaps 50 such weapons in 2021? Hinge Points brings readers literally inside the North Korean nuclear program, joining Siegfried Hecker to see what he saw and hear what he heard in his visits to North Korea from 2004 to 2010. Hecker goes beyond the technical details-described in plain English from his on-the-ground experience at the North's nuclear center at Yongbyon-to put the nuclear program exactly where it belongs, in the context of decades of fateful foreign policy decisions in Pyongyang and Washington. Describing these decisions as "hinge points," he traces the consequences of opportunities missed by both sides. The result has been that successive U.S. administrations have been unable to prevent the North, with the weakest of hands, from becoming one of only three countries in the world that might target the United States with nuclear weapons. Hecker's unique ability to marry the technical with the diplomatic is well informed by his interactions with North Korean and U.S. officials over many years, while his years of working with Russian, Chinese, Indian, and Pakistani nuclear officials have given him an unmatched breadth of experience from which to view and interpret the thinking and perspective of the North Koreans.
Subjects: 7 Diplomatic relations.; 7 Nuclear arms control.; Nuclear weapons; International relations.; Nuclear arms control;

Veterans / by Bryfonski, Dedria,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Most veterans transition successfully into civilian jobs / G.I. Jobs -- Undervalued and underemployed / Andrew Tilghman -- Veterans receive preference in hiring for federal jobs / Barbara A. Adams -- The federal government does not hire enough veterans / Kent A. Eiler -- A job corps is needed to put veterans back to work / Bill Nelson -- Metrics are needed to determine if existing jobs programs for veterans are working / Tom Coburn -- More employers are finding that veterans make good employees / Carl M. Cannon -- The Department of Veteran Affairs is making progress in suicide prevention / Cheryl Pellerin -- A veteran's death, the nation's shame / Nichlas D. Kristof -- Military and veteran suicides rise despite aggressive prevention efforts / David Wood -- Multiple deployments contribute to suicide among veterans / Ed Pilkington -- Addressing substance abuse issues will reduce veteran suicide rates / Dave Larsen -- Black women key to easing military suicides? / Stephanie Czekalinski -- Big idea : help stressed vets with Sim Coaches / Adam Piore -- VA is broken : death, medical mistreatment, claims backlogs and neglect at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics / Jamie Reno -- Veterans are satisfied with VA hospitals / Robert Petzel -- Hospital delays are killing America's war veterans / Scott Bronstein, Nelli Black, and Drew Griffin -- Vet determined to share "good news" about VA hospital / E.J. Montini -- The VA covered up long waits for hospital admittance / David Zucchino, Cindy Carcamo, and Alan Zarembo -- The VA is investigating allegations of a cover-up / Eric K. Shinseki -- More veterans taking advantage of post-9/11 GI Bill / Lauren Kirkwood -- Poor administration of the post-9/11 GI Bill leaves veterans strapped for cash / Tyler Bradley -- Residency requirements leave veterans in some states with high tuition bills / Peter Galuszka -- Many veterans prefer to attend for-profit and community colleges / Michael Sewall -- For-profit colleges are taking advantage of veterans / Adam Weinstein.This collection of pro and con articles on issues related to veterans examines whether unemployment among veterans is a serious issue, how suicide among veterans can be prevented, the extent to which the Department of Veterans Affairs effectively helps veterans, and whether the government's education programs for veterans are effective.
Subjects: United States. Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans; Veterans; Veterans;

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