If Johnson was born at the end of one major era of social reform—Reconstruction, he lived his years as a competitive boxer under the thrall of another—the Progressive Era. Between 1912 and ...

The president’s address to Congress indicates his cuts could go deeper than than anyone expected, Edward Price writes in a ...

Briggs converted to evangelical Christianity between 1857 and 1858. After traveling to Germany, he eagerly embraced Historismus, a new, critical way of thinking about history and studying the ...

At right, Jane Addams with children at Hull House in Chicago in the 1930s. But here’s a happier thought: the first Gilded Age gave way to the Progressive Era. Those in the social sector hoping for a ...