Fortunately, this era ended with the trust-busting presidency of Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt and the growth of unions to somewhat balance the strength of corporations and the ultra-wealthy who ...

Born into a wealthy New York family, Teddy Roosevelt had become president after the assassination of William McKinley the previous year. Roosevelt was a bluff, jaw-jutting exponent of strenuous ...

Following McKinley's death, his successor, President Theodore Roosevelt ... Power shifted from the barons and reforms in labor, trust busting, tax policies, and civil rights changed the landscape ...

in the way President Teddy Roosevelt broke up the railroad transportation monopoly in 1902. Roosevelt’s trust-busting actions across various industries were popular with the public and ...

Former President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt did a whistle-stop tour of Schuylkill County towns in October 1914. After arriving in Tamaqua on October 26, he journeyed to Pottsville, where he ...

Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington who was accused of sexually abusing minors and adults, has died, according to a statement by his successor, Cardinal Robert McElroy.