One of the inspirations for Huey Long was William Jennings Bryan, of Scopes Monkey Trial fame. A dynamic speaker, Bryan earned the nickname "the boy orator of the Platte." But as his political oppo...

July 24, 1933Born into wealth and a lifelong member of the 1%, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was tasked with bringing the U.S. out of the Depression, putting America back to work, and acting...

Initially little more than a bunch of poor, angry farmers, the People's Party, or the Populist Party as some called it, would come to have a pretty significant impact on the political scene of mid-...

Huey Long drew a lot of comparisons to the famed Dictator for Life of Rome. Well, he didn't. But others certainly did it for him—mostly his detractors. These comparisons weren't entirely unfair....

Let's see: a popular candidate who champions the 99%, who's seen as outside the establishment, who has a passionate following, who thrives in crowd settings and debates, and whose main arsenal is p...