Discover how the Works Progress Administration (WPA) transformed American employment by creating 8.5 million jobs from ...

Ralph and two sisters survive.] I went to work on our farm at 4:30 a.m. on school days. I milked 10 cows by hand. I’d come ...

The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely. By Benjamin Mullin Arkansas PBS on Thursday severed ties with ...

If there were any doubts that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was one of the greatest scoundrels of American political history, David Beito's new biography should settle the issue. Beito—whose ...

In President Franklin Roosevelt‘s White House, it was known as “Proclamation 2373.” In American culture, it swiftly became known as “Franksgiving” and was one of the most unpopular decisions made by ...

The program will bring America’s World War I story to life through the lens of The Great Gatsby, the legendary novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and of five actual figures from the war. It was created, ...

A public art initiative marking the 80th anniversary of the U.N. is inviting artists to examine the state of democracy and social justice. The first featured artist is Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei, ...

It always intrigues me how there are some people who mistakenly believe studying history history is nothing more than the boring memorization of dates and events. The true study of history is so much ...

During Franklin D. Roosevelt's 12 years as U.S. president, cars became far more than just transportation at the White House. They served as symbols of visibility, security, and presidential authority.

PBS's chief executive told public television officials Thursday that it was cutting about 15% of its jobs due to the move by Republicans in Congress to eliminate all federal funding for public ...

The historic Roosevelt home and international park on Campobello Island bustled with a crew from Ken Burns' Florentine Films just days before the park was to open for the season on May 29. Producer ...