State Auto brightened Christmas for years beginning in Great Depression

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

The Alabama family that brought Christmas to children during the Great Depression

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

What Working People's Struggles to Survive The Great Depression Can Teach Us Today

This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Maximilian Alvarez: It is a true honor to be in conversation with the great Dana Frank, whose CV runs a mile long. But I just wanted to ...
Associated Press

Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American ...
Mama Loves to Eat on MSN

6 canned foods from the Great Depression that actually taste good

Here's the thing about Depression-era food. When you think about the 1930s and canned goods, you probably picture grainy black-and-white photos and food that seems questionable at best. But let's be ...
Smithsonian Magazine

During the Great Depression, This Black Educator Looked to Conflicts Abroad for Lessons on Fighting Racism at Home

Medical supplies for the front are piled up at a railway station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1935. Back in America, Black educator Melva L. Price rallied support for Ethiopian refugees fleeing the ...