Late President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first fireside chat on this day in 1933 to an audience of approximately 60 million, setting the standard for a leader's obligation to explain himself.

On the evening of Mar. 7, Oakland clubs and organizations hosted a panel discussion on immigration in the Trump era. This ...

FDR’s “fireside chats” in particular endure as a model of astute presidential messaging. Politically, Roosevelt’s New Deal coalition of northern urbanites with southern whites was held together by the ...

On March 12, 1933, eight days after his inauguration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address ...