Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, has died. He leaves behind a legacy as a dogged peacemaker and a decent, ethical ...

President Jimmy Carter appointed more judges to the federal bench than any other president has done in a single term.

Jimmy Carter revivalists argue that his legislative accomplishments reveal a prolific presidency, and his failures the ...

Jonathan Alter is an MSNBC analyst and the author of “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life.” In the final years of his life, the nation that once shunned and pitied Jimmy Carter began giving ...

The life of James Earl Carter Jr., the 39th and longest-lived U.S. president, ended Sunday at the age of 100 where it began: Plains, the town of 600 that fueled his political rise, welcomed him after ...

“Jimmy Carter was always an outsider ,” said biographer Jonathan Alter, explaining how Carter capitalized on the fallout of the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal that toppled Richard Nixon. “The ...

Journalist and author Jonathan Alter said, "He was humble ... As Alter characterized it, "The roof caved in on Jimmy Carter." And so, Carter would lose to the upbeat message of Ronald Reagan.

Former President Jimmy Carter’s casket is en route to Washington, D.C. NBC News’ Priya Sridhar, former Rep. Jane Harman, and author of “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life” Jonathan Alter join José ...

I spoke with Jonathan Alter. He wrote one of the most beloved biographies on the former president.

President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. died on Sunday ... but here’s how Carter biographer Jonathan Alter describes his subject: With skills ranging from agronomist, land-use planner ...