Mary Elizabeth King was running a group designed to boost the paltry number of women in the top ranks of the federal government. And Joan Claybrook was one of Ralph Nader’s Raiders, the cadre of lawyers and researchers around the country pushing for consumer protections.

Perhaps more than any single post-World War II president, Carter changed the way many saw the U.S. by attempting to inject American values of altruism, democracy and human rights into foreign policy.

Jimmy Carter's evolution from his upbringing in the segregated Jim Crow South to becoming a champion for civil rights.

The nation pauses to honor Jimmy Carter for his service as a naval officer, governor and president, and his four decades of humanitarian work after leaving the White House.

Lisa Kudrow revealed during an interview on “The Drew Barrymore Show” (via People) that she recently discovered a note the late Matthew Perry left for her inside the “Friends” cookie jar, which he gifted her after they wrapped filming the series finale in January 2004. Kudrow wouldn’t reveal what the letter said but mused: “Timing …

Jimmy Carter's official state funeral is set to be held on Thursday, Jan. 9 at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

Perhaps Carter’s most revealing poem, “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” concerns the man who never got to see his namesake son’s achievements. He wrote that he despised Earl’s discipline, and swallowed hunger for “just a word of praise.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Here is Thursday’s schedule for the final day of rites honoring Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, who died Dec. 29. All times are Eastern:

That Carter had to say that at all illustrates how set apart the South was from the rest of the nation, even as late as the 1970s. That it never was again is a testament to what C

With the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter today at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., today is a national day of mourning in the United States. The last national day of mourning was in December 2018 to honor former President George H.

Jimmy Carter's life should remind us of what is possible when we lead with principle, tolerance and a steadfast belief in the power of honest dialogue.