Historically, factory jobs were low paying and grueling. In fact, manufacturing flourished times of economic despair.

Prom marks the rite of passage that teens have celebrated since the 19th century. But it wasn't always about 'promposals,' ...

1827 fusion of art and cartography, A Bird's Eye View of Niagara Falls, likely struck 19th-century viewers as highly imaginative. Private Collection / Smithsonian American Art Museum At the start ...

Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be ...

Few expected him to go so far. In a stunning shift in American economic policy, Donald Trump has yanked up tariffs across the board. On April 2nd, speaking from the Rose Garden of the White House ...

President Trump likes to tout America’s late 19th-century economy as justification for high tariffs on foreign-made goods (“Trump and His ‘Little Disturbance’,” Review & Outlook ...

Trump has embraced James K. Polk and William McKinley as avatars of his effort to return the United States to a bygone era, ...

Learning the right lesson Clearly, the US is replaying its 19th-century playbook, hoping to solve modern crises with outdated strategies. But the world — and America itself — has changed.