Think about the last time you rummaged through your pantry, determined to create something decent with just flour, sugar, and ...

We look at our current crisis now through the lens of American history. Looking Back To The 1930s: Lessons From The Great Depression Looking back to 1930, the year after the start of the Great ...

The Great Depression started with the stock market crash of 1929, and was the most severe economic downturn in modern history ...

Depression-era photography has become strongly associated with a documentary style, but “Reality Makes Them Dream” shows other facets of life at the time, as in Marion Post Wolcott’s “Center of town, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “It was an exhilarating period and it gave one new faith in what we call democracy.” ...

GRATITUDE: “Prayer is an attitude. Thanksgiving is a mood," The Asheville Citizen wrote in a Nov. 27, 1930, editorial reflecting on the season of gratitude at the onset of the Great Depression. Photo ...

When the world shut down with the pandemic, lifelong human rights activist Tim Robbins immediately saw the sad parallels of lives disrupted today with the historic 1930s Great Depression. With The ...

President Trump on Wednesday said that the 1930s Great Depression wouldn’t have happened if tariffs had continued, while announcing his massive tariff plan to hit trading partners. The president ...