Henry Wallace was vice president from 1941–45 under Franklin D. Roosevelt and came close to becoming president. This segment of What’s Ahead details why Wallace’s political career provides a sober ...

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Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Benn Steil, senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss his new book, The World That Wasn’t: Henry Wallace ...

For a certain kind of radical social critic, there is an irresistible urge to look abroad for proof that your vision of a better world is possible. This was the story of Henry Wallace, a one-term vice ...

Vice President Harris at a Feb. 6 Black History Month event at the White House. (Haiyun Jiang for The Washington Post) George F. Will’s Feb. 25 op-ed, “FDR fixed his VP mistake. Will Biden?,” was an ...

Henry A. Wallace, the subject of Benn’s recent political biography, was FDR’s agriculture secretary during his first two terms, from 1933-1940. This period marked an enormous expansion of the ...

Today, politicians on both sides of the aisle like to compete for the “populist” label. They would do well to consider the example of a real populist — Henry A. Wallace. Throughout his career, Wallace ...