With April 15’s tax day still fresh in mind, this Behind the News explores the origin of the federal income tax and finds ...

The Gilded Age that Donald Trump so badly wants to recreate might be a faint memory from American history class, so let’s ...

During the Gilded Age, the country was in the midst of a rapid ... In New York City, the population doubled every decade from 1800 to 1880. Tenement housing, where families packed as many people ...

Tenement housing, where families packed as ... upon changes that alleviated the social and economic tensions of the Gilded Age. Power shifted from the barons and reforms in labor, trust busting ...

During the Gilded Age, the country was in the midst of a rapid economic expansion ... In New York City, the population doubled every decade from 1800 to 1880. Tenement housing, where families packed ...

A sumptuous Gilded Age apartment at a prime Gramercy Park address ... facade was constructed as a middle class alternative to tenement housing. “It’s a very unique property, and very well ...

Even as Gilded Age working conditions grew worse and worse ... studied social science literature and working conditions in America’s tenements, all while raising three children and surviving ...