The 1935 tragedy during a years-long drought compounded by a lack of soil conservation efforts "should be remembered as the ...

Alyssa Colman reflects on her research behind her forthcoming middle grade novel, 'Where Only Storms Grow'—which takes place ...

During the Great Depression, the United States experienced years of massive dust storms that would become known as the Dust Bowl era.

Russell, whose novel "Swamplandia!" was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, talks about her latest novel ahead of an event in ...

Great American Stories is a new TV franchise produced by AMC Studios and built on iconic American stories, starting with ...

Karen Russell's latest fiction novel, “The Antidote,” arises from the dust of the Great Depression and is set in the Great ...

Magical realism meets the gritty reality of Dust Bowl Nebraska in “The Antidote,” Karen Russell’s epic, character-driven historical mystery about a “prairie witch” and her protege.

In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and ...

The Great Depression began with “Black Tuesday” on Oct. 29, 1929, when a panic selloff triggered a stock market collapse, wiping out thousands of investors who had borrowed heavily.

“We’re going to do MAGDA. Make America Great Depression Again. You know what? It’ll be gr — it’ll be better than great. It’ll be a fantastic, unbelievable Depression, the likes of ...