It is important for all of us, especially our young people, to have an appreciation of these multi-dimensional American ...

The revolutionary ideals of liberty spread across the colonies while many suffer from enslavement. Committees of Correspondence form in hundreds of Massachusetts towns linking advocates of resistance ...

He believed slavery was a sin — and that violence was the only way to purge it. John Brown’s actions shocked the United States, sparked political chaos, and may have pushed the country closer to civil ...

Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service's oldest ranger, died Sunday. As a ranger, she shed light on the painful reality ...

Fans of royalty-focused British historical dramas will adore "Victoria." Originally airing on ITV for three series, it became ...

Everyone needs to watch Ken Burns’ documentary on the American Revolution because it teaches history exactly as it should be ...

It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, ...

Ken Burns’s latest PBS series is long on muskets and bayonets, but the history of the American Revolution remains strangely understated.

Democrat Tom Harkin greets those at a Sept. 23, 2018, political event in Iowa City. Harkin, who represented Iowa for ...

Respected documentarian Ken Burns' latest project is a PBS docuseries that explores the American Revolution in extreme detail ...