The Latest Breaking News from Jimmy Carter

I badly wanted to cast my first presidential ballot for Jimmy Carter in 1976, but I wasn't old enough to vote.

PLAINS, Ga. — As a mother of 10-year-old twins, I have spent what feels like a lifetime protecting my children from “bad examples,” the kind of people you’d give anything for your children not to know about, let alone emulate.

PLAINS, Ga. — In Plains, every third car seems to be plastered with a news station’s logo.

Former President Jimmy Carter is garnering accolades and well-wishes across the world since the announcement that the 98-year-old is receiving end-of-life care at home in Georgia

By legalizing homebrewing, Carter laid important groundwork for the entrepreneurs and investors who are the true heroes of the craft-brewing revolution.

PLAINS, Ga. — Fridays were special for Bonita Hightower.

PLAINS, Ga. — When Jimmy Carter and his pastor, Tony Lowden, part ways after prayer sessions or private conversations, they have a hard-and-fast rule never to say goodbye.

Ronald Reagan, meanwhile, benefits from an eternal free pass

Jimmy Carter has secured a legacy as probably the greatest former president in modern American history. The former chief executive — whose one term is generally viewed as an almost unmitigated disaster — has spent his many post-presidential years promoting human rights and building houses for the underprivileged while living…

As a candidate for president in 1976, Jimmy Carter called for a government “as honest and decent and fair and competent and truthful and idealistic as are the American people.” The cynics rolled their eyes. They misjudged him.

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