FDR
Americanabbreviation
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Jon Meacham on FDR, Reagan and how the midterms remind us that the lifeblood of American democracy is at the ballot box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
The federal government had been powerless to stop the banking industry from digging itself into a nearly inextricable hole; FDR remade the Federal Reserve System into a forceful overseer of banking practices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Words to be inscribed alongside those of FDR and Churchill, no doubt.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
FDR had led an unprecedented crackdown on Wall Street, establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
And FDR was paralyzed by polio and used a wheelchair, but he kept it a secret by leaning on things—or his wife—for support or hiding his legs behind tablecloths.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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