Discover Hannah Arendt, one of the most fearless political thinkers of the 20th century, who transformed her time as a political prisoner and refugee during World War II into daring insights about ...

From left, Jeffrey Goldberg, Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Annette Gordon-Reed, and Tom Hanks at the New York premiere of PBS’s "The American Revolution." at the Atlantic Festival. Michael ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming The American Revolution with some apprehension, ...

Perhaps the public library is an institution you take for granted. Or maybe you’re paying close to attention to how libraries, and the books they display on shelves, have become an unlikely ...

PBS' six-part, 12-hour documentary lets Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt dive deep into all-too-relevant U.S. history. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic In mentioning Ken Burns‘ ...

The Burke-Gilman Trail is about 20 miles, but the road to becoming a Seattle transportation icon is vastly longer. “From Rails to Trails,” a new PBS documentary narrated by Edward Norton premiering ...

The name of the sitting U.S. president was never uttered during Thursday night’s New York premiere of Ken Burns’s PBS docuseries The American Revolution (nor, for the record, was the name Jimmy Kimmel ...