By blocking the U.S. Steel deal, Joe Biden showed he’s a Donald Trump mini-me on protectionism.

New Year’s Day is a good time to take a long look backward with a cautious eye toward possible futures. My guide here is RealClearPolitics analyst Sean Trende’s 2012 book “The Lost Majority,” whose ...

His landmark domestic accomplishments are comparable to Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. A 2023 survey of 154 political scientists and other presidential ...

the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and a driving force behind Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs after the Great Depression. Perkins is “one of America’s greatest labor ...

During her 12 years as labor secretary, Perkins was pivotal in bringing about President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal reforms that helped the country emerge from the Great Depression — and ...

President Joe Biden has established a national monument in Newcastle, Maine, to Frances Perkins, the first woman member of a ...

As labor secretary, Perkins helped President Franklin D. Roosevelt formulate policies behind the 1930s New Deal and create safeguards in the national economy following the Great Depression.

The eponym of the Labor Department’s headquarters, she played a pivotal role in developing and implementing Roosevelt’s sweeping New Deal programs, most notable Social Security. During Perkins ...