Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

States competed for capital and labor by keeping their taxes and regulations light and efficient. As a result, America became ...

It was the Gilded Age, a time of rapid population growth and transformation from an agricultural economy toward a sprawling industrial system, when poverty was widespread while barons of ...

It was the Gilded Age, a time of rapid population growth and transformation from an agricultural economy toward a sprawling industrial system, when poverty was widespread while barons of phenomenal ...

With the United States entering an era of increasing wealth inequality — interspersed with calls for social change and societal upheaval — some experts are likening the 2020s to a second ...