As Democratic voters watch the GOP congressional majority abdicate their role as a separate branch of government and national Democrats flail against the onslaught of extremist right-wing policy, they ...

Congress must be made a full partner in Obama's economic recovery program, or else he will not enjoy the same kind of success or legitimacy as President /topics/Franklin_D_Roosevelt" ...

Chris O'Sullivan discovered his love of history when he turned to books to find solace during a difficult childhood. The one book that really changed his life, he says, was Howard Zinn's "A People's ...

Finding work during the Great Depression years of the 1930s was difficult for families. Getting people back to work was ...

In 1938, the farm in Eastern Colorado where Frances and Ernest Crane struggled to make a living was played out. So, when they learned of a federal program to allow them to purchase better land in ...

Prologue -- "An honest, fearless, square man" -- "Rising star" -- "Common sense idealism" -- Searching for the next Jefferson -- "An emergency more serious than war ...