Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Each year, the incoming leaders of Roosevelt Institution chapters gather at the FDR Estate in Hyde Park, New York. Photos by Nick Bradley. Announcements Africa Policy Conference @ UNC Perfect Presidential Platform crafted @ UGA Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More National Press Chronicle of Higher Education The Nation LA Times New York Times > More "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power." — Franklin Roosevelt    Essay Contest The Roosevelt Institution's 2008 Essay Contest Co-sponsored by The Nation Finding Progressive Voices for the 21st Century DEADLINE IS TONIGHT, SUNDAY, AT MIDNIGHT The Nation magazine and the Roosevelt Institution are teaming up to explore what relevance FDR and the New Deal have for the 21st Century, and how today's college students understand the social contract. We are looking for essays of 600 words or less that answer the following question: In the 1930s, FDR's New Deal established a new social compact between government and its citizens.  That compact has frayed greatly in the face of economic globalization and the seeming triumph of free-market thinking. What relevance, if any, do you think New Deal politics have today in meeting the challenges of the 21st century, especially globalization and climate change? Let us know in 600 words or less. The top essay or excerpts will be published in The Nation, and the author will receive a $500 cash prize. The top five essays will be published on Student Nation and the Roosevelt Institution homepage. The deadline for submissions is March 2, 2008. Please send your essay to essays@rooseveltinstitution.org, subject line "New Deal Essay;" when sending, please include as an attachment and in the body of the email.   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 4th Floor / Washington, DC 20036 || Fax: (202) 483-2657