Thanks to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ambitious New Deal plan, American artists were able to keep working during the Great Depression. The work they produced remains a key part of the American landscape.

We’re scaling incredible heights on this episode of Travel Thru History. We visit a civil engineering wonder on the border of Arizona and Nevada - the Hoover Dam. This massive structure not only attracts about a million tourists each...

We’re scaling incredible heights on this episode of Travel Thru History. We visit a civil engineering wonder on the border of Arizona and Nevada - the Hoover Dam. This massive structure not only attracts about a million tourists each...

The grandsons of those who fought in the First World War went back to war only a few decades later, in an even more devastating and widespread conflict, and one in which great violence was aimed at civilian populations. How did this...

Millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the coronavirus lockdowns. But it didn't have to be that way -- and it's not too late for the US to change course. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Few Americans alive today...

One of the most ambitious programs enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt Administration during the Great Depression was the Works Progress Administration (WPA). What was the WPA? What kinds of projects were they concerned with? Like our...

Is politics driven by fear as much as anything else? How do we understand our political and economic fears? The 1929 crash and the Great Depression that followed had no obvious cause, and some have argued was made worse by spreading fear...

Order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes this + new assignments!): http://bit.ly/2kplj2h Alec Soth is a photographer who works on large-scale projects that play with the boundaries between his roles as a fine art photographer and...

Discover the incredible history and engineering behind the Hoover Dam in this short and informative video. Learn how this massive concrete structure was built during the Great Depression and why it remains one of the most famous dams in...

Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video! Reindeer meat could’ve entered North American cuisine and culture, but our turn of the century efforts to develop a reindeer industry were stymied by nature, the...

Reindeer meat could’ve entered North American cuisine and culture, but our turn of the century efforts to develop a reindeer industry were stymied by nature, the beef lobby, and the Great Depression....

At a time when Jim Crow laws made racial segregation legal across much of the United States, author Richard Wright gave voice to a struggle – as the first African American author to achieve widespread critical and commercial success.

In his typically candid style, Richard St. John reminds us that success is not a one-way street, but a constant journey. He uses the story of his business' rise and fall to illustrate a valuable lesson -- when we stop trying, we fail.

Hey everyone, hope you're all having a great August so far and that school is treating you well. We're thinking of doing a school series on tips to stay motivated, studying when you're depressed, making friends etc. Tips on staying...