Edward and Ercille Pearson, who ran the local mercantile, made sure children in Autaugaville, Ala., had Christmas gifts ...

The Great Depression taught an entire generation how to live with less, adapt quickly, and make do with what they had. These ...

State Auto brightened the holidays with its 'Christmas Corner' beginning in 1931 amid The Great Depression and continuing for ...

No Christmas day has ever come without its accompaniment of sorrow,' the Herald noted in 1931, as the Great Depression gripped the nation.

As the only president elected to four terms and who saw the country through two of its greatest cataclysms — the Great ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Patton covers the financial markets, economy, and national debt. There has been a lot of talk comparing this economic ...

Picture this: you're rummaging through your pantry in 1933, desperate to bake something sweet for your family. You've got no ...

Taxes are going up. The Great Depression shows they will not likely come down soon. For the CEO and CFO, tax uncertainty is a constant in their personal lives and businesses. And recent political ...

With fewer large factories to shut down, the state avoided the catastrophic industrial layoffs seen elsewhere.

Sanora Babb spent her life dealing with all the multifarious daily perils that prevent writers from writing. She was raised in poverty by a mother who was only 16 when she gave birth to her and an ...

While the coming recession should not rival the Great Depression, it is expected to be deeper and more prolonged than the ...