The truth is, we all — rich and poor alike — need government, for our humanity and our prosperity, Burgess writes.

In 1906, Republican Theodore Roosevelt signed the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food & Drug Act regulating the sale of food products and drugs for the first time. These laws made it illegal to ...

The Gilded Age was the era in the late 19th century when business and industry dominated American life as never before or ...

The same Roosevelt, of course ... The Sherman and Clayton Antitrust Acts targeted monopolies, while the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act set safety standards. Progressive reforms ...

Lincoln with the Gettysburg Address and Theodore Roosevelt with the Pure Food and Drug Act. It’s good that we have a Presidents Day to recognize all of our nation’s past leaders. They all ...

President Theodore Roosevelt, often known as Teddy, went on a bear hunting trip near Onward, Mississippi, in November 1902 with a group of notables. Though others on the excursion bagged bears ...

Nineteen-twelve was when Theodore Roosevelt came out for women's suffrage and became the great champion of women's rights. And I think one of the least understood, but more important aspects ...