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

The Camp David Accords and the treaty that resulted dramatically reduced the odds of general war — even superpower confrontation — in the Middle East.

The former American president was a complex and confounding man, says his biographer, Jonathan Alter, who looks at the extraordinary life and achievements of this misunderstood man and the people who ...

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

Alter indicates that Carter by-and-large, avoided any involvement in the civil rights movement, including never meeting with ...

Jimmy Carter wrote 32 books, and many more than that have been written about his unusual presidency and remarkable life.

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

“Jimmy Carter was always an outsider ,” said biographer Jonathan Alter, explaining how Carter capitalized on the fallout of ...

"Sunday Morning" looks back on the life of a public servant who sought to restore Americans' faith in the integrity of their government, and who was a Nobel Peace Prize-winner for his remarkable ...

Elected in 1976 in the aftermath of Watergate, Jimmy Carter, the little-known governor of Georgia, believed he had a ...