Editing Federal Writers' Project (section)

== Proposal for a new Federal Writers' Project ==
In the wake of the 2020 [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and consequent global economic disruption, several writers and politicians called for a new U.S. Federal Writers' Project.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Linda |title=Whatever USA – Or – Is It Time For A New Federal Writers' Project? |url=https://www.popmatters.com/weiland-wisley-state-by-state |website=Pop Matters |date=19 July 2021 |access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kipen |first1=David |title=85 years ago, FDR saved American writers. Could it ever happen again? |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2020-05-06/post-coronavirus-federal-writers-project |access-date=29 September 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=6 May 2020}}</ref>  In May 2021, on the anniversary of the original project, Congressman [[Ted Lieu]] and Congresswoman [[Teresa Leger Fernandez]] introduced legislation to create a new FWP, to be administered by the [[United States Department of Labor|Department of Labor]], that would hire unemployed and underemployed writers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Borchert |first1=Scott |title=A New Deal for Writers in America |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/opinion/federal-writers-project.html |access-date=29 September 2021 |issue=6 July 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=6 July 2021 }}</ref>  Supporters of the legislation included writers [[James Fallows]], Ruth Dickey, and [[Jonathan Lethem]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lieu |first1=Ted |title=Reps Lieu and Leger Fernandez Introduce the 21st Century Federal Writers' Project Act |date=6 May 2021 |url=https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-lieu-and-leger-fernandez-introduce-21st-century-federal-writers |access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref>