The Migrant Mother,” a photograph taken by Dorothea Lange in 1936, remains one of the most enduring images of the Great Depression in the United States. This poignant image has become a symbol of the ...

The internet wasted no time mocking President Donald Trump for claiming tariffs in 1929 could have prevented the Great Depression.. During his address at the "Make America Wealthy Again" event ...

Eighty years ago, the world changed forever. Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, launched a Great Depression that rippled across the globe and lasted for more than a decade. It set in motion the ...

But during the Depression, flour and seed companies saw an opportunity to help struggling families. Wearing a flour-sack dress got you labeled as poor and sent you down a rung or two in social ...

Living With Debt During the Great Depression, many middle-class families were shouldering consumer debt.They couldn’t keep up with the repayments once the economy tanked and their jobs were lost.

Many readers responded to my newsletter last Friday about my great-grandfather’s life during the Depression in Vermont. I heard from neighbors, relatives and readers as far away as Australia ...