Franklin Delano Roosevelt News

The musical "Annie" is about a girl orphan, but includes two integral Daddy types.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians began taking down their statues of Josef Stalin, the mass murderer who killed millions of people.

What follows is an excerpt from Herb Gray's speech on the occasion of his receipt of the Award for Outstanding Service to Parliament from the Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy.

On a hot and breezy day in August 1929, New York Gov. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Vermont Gov.

The legacy of the New Deal and the economic policies of the administration of President Franklin Roosevelt is the subject of a four-day program this winter at Hillsdale College.

A few weeks ago, I skipped the candy and nuts in the fundraising catalog for Bainbridge High School and instead signed up to buy a leather wallet.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was someone who has left an impression on acclaimed actor Edward Asner.

In Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal policies, Ayn Rand saw the makings of a fascist nation.

The Great Depression gripped the nation in 1932 as President Herbert Hoover was voted out of office.

In a darkened theater, as an audience of young, middle-aged and senior adults took in the offering, I heard a stifled gasp, a series of sniffles and semi-silent sobs.

Today is Sunday, November 8, the 312th day of 2009. There are 53 days left in the year.

Columnist and author Jonathan Alter compared President Obama to FDR during an appearance in Charleston Thursday evening.

Jonathan Alter, a senior editor at Newsweek and an NBC News correspondent, will deliver the annual McCreight Lecture at the Culture Center on Thursday evening, sponsored by the West Virginia Humanities Council.

Where is the spirit and inspiration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who led our country through the Great Depression of the 1930s and 1940s? The answer can be found in the 824-page book titled "Traitor To His Class," by H.W. Brands.

Asner in character as Franklin Delano Roosevelt. A former president of the Screen Actors Guild, Asner is also a committed liberal activist.

Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of our 32nd president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, would have turned 125 on October 11, and this advocate for women and human rights helped set the standard for first ladies who followed in her footsteps.

When H.W. Brands decided to take on a biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the prize-winning historian wasn't daunted by the library of other books written about the 32nd president.

First lady, writer, and humanitarian. Born on October 11, 1884, in New York City, New York.

This sets up an intriguing counter-factual: what if, in the American presidential election of 1940, the celebrated aviator, Charles Lindbergh, had stood against the incumbent, Franklin Delano Roosevelt? And what if he had won? Proceeding on the assumption that this is indeed what happened, the novelist sketches a portrait of what America would have ...

Richard Marold portrays both Winfield Scott Stratton and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.