The Great Depression (1929-1939) was one of the hardest economic periods in American history. With unemployment reaching 25%, ...

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 and ...

President Trump's new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China have unsettled both domestic and international markets, concerning investors and manufacturers. This emerging global trade war has raised ...

The Great Depression was a tough time for many, with food hard to come by. People favored easy-grow, hardy, and storable ...

Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. And follow along on TikTok here for video Summer School. When we last left the United States of America in our economic telling of ...

In the We the People series, The Spokesman-Review examines a question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s question: What was the Great ...

Sanora Babb spent her life dealing with all the multifarious daily perils that prevent writers from writing. She was raised in poverty by a mother who was only 16 when she gave birth to her and an ...

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced a new round of global tariffs, instituting a minimum 10% levy on goods imported from countries around the world, which he said he hopes will strengthen ...

Our grandparents and great-grandparents made a dollar out of fifteen cents in tough times and their habits can help us get through a shaky economy.

Charlie Munger once recalled a childhood moment during the Great Depression—watching a brilliant but financially fragile man ...

Investors commonly look to economic data and correlative events for clues as to which direction the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite will head next. Only five occasions in ...