Former Tennessee Attorney General Paul Summers writes a regular guest essay on the history of the U.S. Constitution.

During the Great Depression, African Americans were disproportionately affected by unemployment: they were the first fired and the last hired. After Roosevelt was elected, he began to institute ...

P rogressives have long pined for another FDR. Here in the first couple of months of 2025, they’ve gotten one. President Trump’s mad opening dash is like nothing we’ve seen since Franklin ...

If there’s a mirror image opposite to Donald Trump’s second-term blitz, it’s Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose first 100 days in office is the model for presidents who want to get things done.

Since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s earthshaking first 100 days in office, no president has matched the sheer drama and disruption of that 15-week sprint in 1933, which rewrote the relationship ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in Washington on January 4, 1939. Behind him are House Speaker William B. Bankhead (left ...

Marist University Professor and historian David Woolner explains the circumstances that allowed Franklin D. Roosevelt to serve more than two terms, and why term limits were put in place.

How FDR expanded executive power and shaped the modern presidency NPR's history show Throughline has the story of the first modern president to really expand executive power. History.