Carter often followed his instincts and did what he believed was right, according to Kai Bird, biographer and author of The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter. "He was always the ...

Kai Bird, against all odds? As I said, you called your book "The Outlier." How was Jimmy Carter an outlier? Kai Bird, Author, "The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter": Well ...

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

One of the most enduring aspects of Jimmy Carter's presidency is his ... to be a "key part of his administration." Carter biographer Kai Bird, told CBS News that Carter was willing to push his ...

One of the world’s most complex regions hosted the humble Southerner’s biggest triumph and most stinging defeat, as seen on front pages of The Washington Post.

The 39th president of the United States died at 100 today.

Mary Prince went from a Georgia prisoner to Amy Carter’s White House caretaker. It’s a story difficult to imagine in any ...

In the renewable energy arena, Jimmy Carter is perhaps best known for having solar panels installed on the roof of the White ...

It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory, and for more than four decades, it weighed heavily on the man who made it — Jimmy Carter. Carter ...

And it’s because of a lot of hard work by people who, in a surprising number of cases, were inspired by Jimmy Carter. Kai Bird: I would agree with that. Human rights was a major achievement by ...

Carter summoned Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat to Camp David to make peace, not apartheid, in the Middle East. But the ...

Yet James Earl Carter Jr., who died today at his home in ... years by revisionist historians such as Jonathan Alter and Kai Bird, who argue that Carter was a visionary if impolitic leader.