Ken Burns Breaks Down the Powerful Stories Behind The American Revolution

The series features interviews with historians, illustrations of key events, re-enactors depicting warfare and life in the ...
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The History of America Flows Through the Hudson River, and the Country’s Aquatic Superhighway Is on the Rebound

The bucolic river is famous for reversing its current a few times each day. Now, an ongoing cleanup effort is reversing ...

Tell Students the Truth About American History

This duality made intuitive sense to the students. They understood that their country and its heroes, like all of us, aren’t ...

Timeline: Trump administration responses in Epstein files release saga

The Trump Administration has come under fire for months over its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

‘The American Revolution’ Tells The Story Of ‘One Of The Most Important Events In World History,’ Says Filmmaker Ken Burns

Told over six installments, "The American Revolution" is an expansive look at the virtues and contradictions of the war and ...

You can end a shutdown overnight — but you can’t reopen a government that fast

Getting everything back up and running doesn’t happen all at once.Here’s a guide to what reopening looks like: ...

US Government Shutdown Ends, but the Damage to the IPO Environment Has Been Done

President Donald Trump signed a measure Wednesday night that ended the 43-day shutdown, funding the US government through the ...
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Ken Burns Says His New Documentary Forced Him to Revisit Everything He Thought He Knew About the American Revolution

Ahead of the PBS production's premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their ...