I have a thing about remembering dates, so when I see a certain date on the calendar, or one approaching, I can usually attach to it a memory or some historical significance. April 12 is one of those ...
FDR’s “Four Freedoms” speech outlined his vision for a world in which all people have the essential freedoms of speech, worship, want and fear. Over 80 years later, we are still struggling to achieve ...
HYDE PARK, N.Y. — The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and the Jewish Federation of Dutchess County will ...
FDR: A New Political Life, by David T. Beito, Open Universe, 400 pages, $29.99 Treachery was the consistent theme of Roosevelt's political life. During his 1932 presidential campaign, FDR signaled ...
President Trump says he's "not joking" about potentially seeking a third term as president in 2028, even though doing so is prohibited by the 22nd amendment of the U.S. Constitution. If that were to ...
The 1973 Endangered Species Act is a perfect metaphor for the way a good thing can lose its mission. Who doesn’t want ...
The United States celebrates its 250 th anniversary in 2026. To mark that milestone, I am resurfacing essays I have written over the years about major events in U.S. foreign policy. A version of the ...
Inspired by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s daily cocktail hours at the White House, the production reimagines those gatherings for a modern age. Blending humor, history, and civic engagement, ...
In the latest episode of the Untapped New York Podcast, Michelle Young, author, journalist, and the founder of Untapped New York, tracks down the answer to her latest burning question about New York ...