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Count on one thing: if Mark Twain, the famed American author of “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn,” were alive today, he ...
The Gilded Age was a period of enormous wealth for some and extreme poverty for others.
The city’s long-standing connection to Black affluence and entrepreneurship is the focus of the latest season of HBO’s The ...
He called himself Gregory Mitchell and worked for what looked like an Astor family fund. But who was he really?
New York City's Fifth Avenue was once home to "Millionaires' Row," where the wealthiest business tycoons of the Gilded Age ...
Few shows bring the past to life quite like “The Gilded Age“. Created by “Downton Abbey’s” Julian Fellowes, this HBO […] ...
The Gilded Age of the late-19th and early-20th centuries displays prominent parallels to the Trump administration’s coziness with the billionaire class, with one caveat.
NEW YORK (AP) — Darren Walker needed to be convinced of his new book's relevance.
The wealthiest families of the Gilded Age lived in enormous mansions outfitted with gold, marble, and priceless art. Take a look inside.
The juxtaposition at the weekend was apt: one big, ugly bill in Washington and one big, garish wedding in Venice.
In Johnathan Schultz’s hands, this ancient symbol of wealth becomes a mirror reflecting our fractured world back at us.