While modern economic downturns and crises, such as the 2008 financial crisis or recent inflation, have been challenging and created genuine hardship for millions of families, the sheer scale and ...

The sting of the Great Depression in Minnesota began before the dust storms and clouds of grasshoppers arrived throughout the Midwest. Spurred by World War I demand that brought great affluence, ...

At the end of November, 1933, The Daily Sentinel reported good news for local workers: “Five hundred and sixty-five men are scheduled to be put to work here as soon as possible,” the paper said. They ...

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 ...

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 ...

The United States experienced a Great Depression during the 1930s causing one-quarter of its workforce to be unemployed. Although not formally recognized, a growing body of survey evidence indicates ...

The Great Depression is remembered as the worst recession in modern U.S. history. By the end of 1932, the Great Depression had impacted roughly 60 million people. Some, including middle-class families ...

The 1930s are remembered as one of the toughest eras in American History. The nation was in disarray, banks were shuttered, unemployment had skyrocketed, and food was scarce. We call it the Great ...