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 ...
One of the most iconic American images is American Gothic, a 1930 painting by Grant Wood of a farmer holding a pitchfork, ...
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, ...
The Great Depression was a landmark event that had lasting economic, social, and political repercussions, some of which are still with us nearly a century later. Learn more about the Great Depression ...
HOLDREGE — People and places from the Great Depression-Dust Bowl years remain timeless in 80,000 black-and-white photographs taken by some of America’s best photographers of the 1930s. The federal ...
During the 1930s, the Great Depression cast a long shadow across America. But life didn’t stop: People worked, danced, built, invented, rebelled, and dreamed of a brighter future. From steelworkers ...
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 is blamed for deepening the Great Depression. Don’t tell that to the Trump administration, which just unveiled the toughest tariffs in almost a century.
This simple breakfast, made with just three basic ingredients, was an easy and effective way to stretch the humble potato ...
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.” ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American ...
WASHINGTON — In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers ...