In its lasting contributions to communities across the country — including Santa Barbara — the New Deal’s WPA has left a legacy of triumph over tough times.

The 1930s were a tumultuous time in the United States, which is visible in photos from metro Phoenix, too. Take a look at ...

This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become. “The Great Depression was pretty well ...

Hauling in the Net” is a massive painting now hanging in a new climate-controlled wing of the Print Shop Museum on Beaver Island. Painted by Zoltan Sepeshy in 1940, the 13÷-foot-wide mural, depicting ...

In an election year, there’s plenty of hand-wringing about our lack of faith in Washington. But it’s all part of the messy ...

Today we'll look at how leaders around the globe intervened to turn the international economy around, and in the process, how the Great Depression rapidly transformed the relationship between ...

And follow along on TikTok here for video Summer School. History 7: The Great Depression, the New Deal and how it changed our economy Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons ...

This is mirrored by recent appeals of protectionist policies in many countries, including the U.S. While the Great Depression sparked a “New Deal” in the United States where the government ...

the US and much of the rest of the world were in the Great Depression. Interest rates were close to 0% (not shown on Figure 2, but available from the same data). Various versions of the New Deal ...

The Rural Electrification Act provided electricity to millions of rural Americans in the 1930s and is paving the way to expand Internet access today.

Sonoma County residents celebrated the end of Prohibition, trudged through the Great Depression and more during the turbulent ...