This visual journey maps every major front, campaign, and turning point of the Civil War using detailed Google Earth animation.

Abolitionists used hard facts to counter pro-slavery propaganda, forcing indifferent Americans to face ugly realities.

Ken Burns’ latest work takes us back to a moment of great dissension and division, a moment in which Americans raged against ...

In his new documentary series “The American Revolution,” the prolific filmmaker depicts a nation created by violence. Still, ...

The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal ...

The Justice Department is suing California over the redistricting measure voters overwhelmingly approved last week that could ...

Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it ...

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION  Premieres Sunday, November 16 at 8:00 pm A new six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores ...

TRUMP’S FIELD TEST: When Trump dropped by the Commanders-Lions game yesterday afternoon, he became the first president to ...

While many enslaved people tried to escape when what's formally known as "chattel slavery" was legal in the United States, ...

In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists ...