The 1979 Iranian Revolution was one of the most stinging US setbacks of the Cold War era. A longtime ally that the United States depended on as a pillar of regional security, the Shah, gave way to a ...

Though Martin Luther King Jr. and Jimmy Carter never met, the former president's enduring support — and the deep ties between ...

With his usual passionate flair, News Critic Jeff Simon analyzes a TV address from President Jimmy Carter and its aftermath, comparing the performance and impact it had with the previous decade’s ...

When President Jimmy Carter’s reelection campaign advisers were planning a key West Coast swing through Washington, Oregon and California in mid-September 1980, they decided to hold the campaign’s ...