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Jimmy Carter took great pride in pointing out that the United States didn’t start any new wars during his term as president. But after he left office, he launched a war against “neglected” diseases — diseases in far-off lands that most Americans will never suffer from and may not have…

ATLANTA — For generations of Emory University students, Jimmy Carter was more than just the nation’s 39th president.

When I first joined the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service, I was optimistic about the positive role the United States played in the world. By the time I left not quite a decade later, I was haunted by how dangerous our shortsighted foreign policy can be.

When historians and pundits praise Jimmy Carter’s achievements as the US president and extol his exemplary post-presidential years, they mention the recognition of China, the Panama Canal Treaties and the Camp David Accords. Almost no one mentions what Carter achieved in Africa during his presidency. This is a serious oversight.

Our Mirrorman in Leinster House with the latest craic from the Corridors of Power

AMERICUS, Ga. — On any given day during much of James “Soapy” Herndon’s ongoing, 62-year run as a barber, passersby might have spotted his shop filled not with clients but with Secret Service agents.

Heumann was instrumental in pushing to expand the civil rights of Americans with disabilities and continued to advocate for disability rights around the globe. She died on Saturday at age 75.

The first national Women's History Week occurred in 1980. Seven years later, Congress passed a law designating March as Women's History Month.

Exaggeration, misinformation and myth have always infected politics – even before social media took it to the extreme

The story of Graham Jackson is a timeless tale of American ingenuity, hard work and the cream rising to the top.

A long friendship between the two Democrats lasted in the decades since.