Desperation pies, or "make-do" pies, were an invention of the Great Depression that led to everything from mock apples pies ...

It’s a policy that would put poor rural kids, who are often white, on the same footing as inner-city students, who are almost always of color. Such questions clearly annoy her. “What people ...

Meals in the Great Depression were informed by using what you already had, not by what you thought looked good on a whim. If ...

Tennessee, like the rest of the country, was suffering terribly from the effects of the Great Depression ... some 1,703 people, while another 1,500 worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Memphis, ...

A name taught about in every science class the world over, Sir Isaac Newton is undoubtedly one of the most inspirational people to have ever lived ... person to calculate the speed of sound and made ...

Britain, the first country in the world to industrialise, felt this starkly after thick smog blanketed London in 1952 for a week, killing about 12,000 people. The “Great Smog of London,” as it ...

From the Smoot-Hawley Act to Trump’s current trade war, economic history clearly demonstrates that protectionism is not only ...

A certain kind of tenderness lives in people who grew up without much. It’s not just about appreciating what you have—it’s ...

The Trump administration has considered sharply curtailing vouchers as part of its budget for the 2026 fiscal year.

More than 1 in 8 people ages 12 and up in the US have been depressed in recent years, according to data published Wednesday by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Depression ...