The Latest Breaking News from Jimmy Carter

Learn how external crises and political missteps shaped President Jimmy Carter's defeat in the 1980 election.

The somewhat unorthodox leader led his country through one of the most tumultuous eras of American history, writes Ariana Baio

Jimmy Carter's critics turned his name into a synonym for weakness over the Iranian hostage crisis.

Nobel-winning economist Vernon Smith says the 39th president radically improved air travel, freight rail, and trucking in ways that still benefit us immensely.

Former US president Jimmy Carter, a man defined by his humility and idealism, has died at 100.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia

The Georgia peanut farmer turned politician won Texas’ 26 electoral votes in 1976 but couldn’t repeat the feat four years later against Ronald Reagan.

The libertarian case for the late Jimmy Carter.

Former president helped build, renovate and repair more than 4,331 homes with Habitat for Humanity

Former peanut farmer served as Democrat president from 1977 to 1981

In December 1978, Jimmy Carter – who has died aged 100 – outlined his belief that American strategic decisions abroad should be shaped by an adherence to human rights. “Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy … because human rights is the soul of our sense of nationhood.”