Remembering Carter as we steel ourselves for Trump’s second inauguration. The first vote I cast in a presidential election was for Jimmy Carter in the 1976 New York primary. Carter came in ...

“Carter’s presidency in the field of foreign policy was transformative,” says Carter biographer Kai Bird. “He really did put human rights at the center.” ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: With some more on the life, legacy, and presidency of Jimmy Carter, with Pulitzer Prize winning author Kai Bird. You’ll […] ...

How Jimmy Carter’s disdain for D.C. politics changed Washington In a cynical time, Jimmy Carter spurned the establishment and attracted a generation of idealists.

Kai Bird is remembered for his Robert Oppenheimer biography, which was adapted into the Oscar-winning film "Oppenheimer." The author's Jimmy Carter biography, "The Outlier," follows the late ...

D.L. Gorton/The New York Times “Carter’s state funeral in Washington is full of ironies,” said Kai Bird, who titled his 2021 biography of Mr. Carter “The Outlier” for a reason.

A horse-drawn caisson will take President Jimmy Carter’s remains from a hearse to lie in state at the Capitol from the United States Navy Memorial tomorrow. Carter, died Dec. 29, 2024, at his ...

Of all the legacies of Jimmy Carter, his engagement with the Middle East might have been the most complex and consequential — and perhaps the most painfully incomplete.

The historian Kai Bird, for instance, notes that after struggling to pass a tax on gas-guzzling cars, Carter wrote in his diary, “The influence of the oil and gas industry is unbelievable, and ...

How was Jimmy Carter an outlier? Kai Bird, Author, "The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter": Well, he was an outlier for all of the reasons that Judy just explained.

In the wake of Jimmy Carter's death, biographer Kai Bird, author of 'The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter' discusses the late president's successes and failures.