With stock markets tumbling, and millions, perhaps tens of millions, of Americans losing their jobs, our thoughts naturally turn to the Great Depression, when similar events befell the nation. To be ...

Apr. 21—We tend to think of the 1930s in terms of the Great Depression and not much else. But a lot happened here in that decade. There were 22,765 of us in Owensboro and 43,779 in Daviess County as ...

Looking back to 1930, the year after the start of the Great Depression. What lessons did we learn about how best to move forward with a suffering economy? We look at our current crisis now through the ...

GRATITUDE: “Prayer is an attitude. Thanksgiving is a mood," The Asheville Citizen wrote in a Nov. 27, 1930, editorial reflecting on the season of gratitude at the onset of the Great Depression. Photo ...

It’s no exaggeration to say that the unemployment rate is off the charts because of the COVID-19 pandemic. And it’s no stretch to say that the last time the job numbers were this bad in Washington was ...

The Great Depression (1929-1939) was one of the hardest economic periods in American history. With unemployment reaching 25%, families had to stretch every dollar, make do with what they had, and get ...

Depression-era photography has become strongly associated with a documentary style, but “Reality Makes Them Dream” shows other facets of life at the time, as in Marion Post Wolcott’s “Center of town, ...

In an August Wall Street Journal editorial, “What Happened to the ‘Depression’?: Despite the Rhetoric from Washington, We Were Never Close to 25% Unemployment,” American Enterprise Institute Visiting ...

During the Great Depression, home cooks had to rely on resourcefulness and creativity, but this hardship introduced many ...

Onions and peanut butter: sounds like a match made anywhere but heaven. Discover the Great Depression Era dish that combined the two ingredients.

Voters see no end to the economic destruction under President Joe Biden, with most now predicting a 1930s-style Great Depression. In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey, 57% said that they believe the ...

We look at our current crisis now through the lens of American history. Looking Back To The 1930s: Lessons From The Great Depression Looking back to 1930, the year after the start of the Great ...