Serving up the comforting flavors of home for affordable prices, this dining institution has remained a staple of American restaurant culture to this day.

The Second Italo-Ethiopian War and the Spanish Civil War offered Melva L. Price and her fellow female activists an ...

During the Depression, families could not afford many food items. President Roosevelt set an example with a inexpensive ...

Supper once followed rules of stretch, share, and save. These are the habits from hard times that still whisper lessons at the table today.

By Rene Torres Special to the NEWS Rene Torres is a retired assistant professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville and ...

The photograph became an icon of the Great Depression: a migrant mother with her children burying their faces in her shoulder. Katherine McIntosh was 4 years old when the photo was snapped. She said ...

We examine the effects of changes in an interest rate cap on small loan brokers in New Jersey during the Great Depression. Using newly constructed data on brokers and banks, we find that small loans ...