Franklin Delano Roosevelt, when asked at a press conference about the roots of his political philosophy, responded simply, “I am a Christian and a Democrat.” This is the story of how the first ...

The latter case of longing is likely to intensify with Robert Dallek's new single-volume biography, Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life, a 700-page tome devoted to demonstrating "what great ...

David Gergen writes that though President Joe Biden is no Franklin D. Roosevelt, his first 100 days in office bear some important similarities to his Democratic predecessor – particularly in ...

In 1933, newly-elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt confronted 25 percent unemployment, the collapse of banking, and sweeping poverty. His response would reshape the way the country thought ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1933 presidential inauguration comes during the nation's worst economic crisis: the Great Depression. Banks have failed and savings accounts have been wiped out, so to ...

On the morning of Aug. 11, 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt got out of bed and tried to make it to the bathroom in the summer house on Campobello Island, off the coast of Maine, where he and his family ...

Unlike President Trump, who announced Friday that he'd contracted the coronavirus, Franklin D. Roosevelt did not disclose he had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure as he ran for ...

The Brief. April 12, 2025, marks 80 years since former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death at the Little White House in Warm Springs. Hundreds of people gathered to remember his legacy.

The latter case of longing is likely to intensify with Robert Dallek's new single-volume biography, Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life, a 700-page tome devoted to demonstrating "what great ...