It was the Gilded Age, a time of rapid population growth and transformation from an agricultural economy toward a sprawling ...

The desire to recreate the Gilded Age is fueled by Trump’s fondness for tariffs. It’s also why he praises the nation’s 25th ...

to purchase a shipyard and railway alongside Frederick Douglass in 1866. They named it the Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Company and successfully employed 300 Black caulkers, garnering an ...

It was May 13, 1866, and Kennicott had been missing for ... Smithsonian’s coffers were stuffed with Kennicott’s labor; eventually, virtually all of its departments would have at least one ...

The White House has rushed to raise tariffs on imports from China and on aluminum and steel made abroad while promising that import levies will soon increase on the European Union, as well as new ...

In 1866, just a year after the Civil War ... Black women are increasingly taking leadership roles in labor unions. Today, the legacy of these early labor movements is evident in organizations like the ...