In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the Great Depression, giving Democrats an advantage in securing their place in the White House. The incumbent, Herbert Hoover, was unpopular ...

Campaign In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the Great Depression, giving Democrats an advantage in securing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s place in the White House. Roosevelt’s ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt consistently ranks among the greatest presidents in U.S. history. He not only guided the country through the Great Depression and World War II, he was also the only ...

When Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency began in 1933, the U.S. was in the throes of the Great Depression, and millions were struggling to stave off starvation. With that grim knowledge ...

President Donald Trump burst out of the gates into his second term with the speed of a Kentucky Derby winner. Executive ...

During the Great Depression, African Americans were disproportionately affected by unemployment: they were the first fired and the last hired. After Roosevelt was elected, he began to institute hi ...

Donald Trump’s busy first weeks in office show he’s determined to have a transformative effect on the country, writes.

William E. Leuchtenburg, a leading scholar of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression, has died at age 102.

President Donald Trump burst out of the gates into his second term with the speed of a Kentucky Derby winner. Executive ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt consistently ranks among the greatest presidents in U.S. history. He not only guided the country through the Great Depression and World War II, he was also the only ...