Most of us remember getting excited about the tiny toys inside cereal boxes. In the 1930s, the giveaways were more practical ...

Today, these Depression-era meals continue to appear in home kitchens, diners, family cookbooks and even restaurant menus.

One cheap skillet dinner once fed five people and somehow kept them healthier too.

The end of the school term means parents and grandparents are often looking for ways to entertain the kids. As temperatures drop throughout winter, your family may also be looking for more indoor ...

Psychiatrists think inflammation may be at the root of some people’s illness. How to treat it is an open question. By Dana G. Smith Psychiatry has a long history of treating mental illness with drugs ...

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President Donald Trump wants to cap credit card interest rates. My socialist mayor wants to freeze rents. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) wants politicians to decide what prices are "excessive." So I ...

The preparedness pro at The Urban Prepper examines lessons from Great Depression-era cooking for modern resilience.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recipes from the Great Depression to make today. The Great Depression, which lasted from 1929-1939, caused economic turmoil ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. They were terrible times. They ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. Popcorn and movies—as intertwined ...

A classic cookbook is often formed in the forges of time. Years of kitchen use and page-flipping transform a book into a genre fixture. Now and again, a brand-new book waves its knowing hand. People ...