NEW YORK -- William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S.

Leuchtenburg died Tuesday at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, according to his son, Joshua A. Leuchtenburg, who cited ...

Leuchtenburg’s notable books include “Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal” and “The Perils of Prosperity,” a history of the U.S. from World War I to the peak of the Depression.

He won two major history prizes and served as a consultant for filmmaker Ken Burns. His books charted the evolution of the American presidency.

“We’re forging a new political majority that’s shattering and replacing Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal coalition, which dominated American politics for over 100 years,” he said.

His writings, which stretched across eight decades, helped Americans understand a president who transformed the office and ...

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are freed in the latest steps forward for the Gaza ceasefire, while Israel’s truce in Lebanon appears to be in doubt.

The 19-inch black-and-white TV was rolled into our classroom each day to watch ninth-grade physical science on WUNC-TV in Chapel Hill. We were introduced to basic concepts of physics and chemistry ...

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