One of the most interesting Prisoners of War taken by the Allied powers was a Korean soldier that served in the German ...

This video is best enjoyed with headphones. 🎵 The First Sino-Japanese War was the ultimate test between the respective ...

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...

Victor Davis Hanson blows up "the myth" used by Ken Burns to claim the Founding Fathers got the idea for democracy from the Iroquois.

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from ...

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

Ahead of the PBS production’s premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their research process and the surprising, long-overlooked stories featured in the ...

"Dave the Potter" labored in the alkaline-glazed stoneware potteries of Edgefield, S.C., in the decades before and during the ...

The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...

WITH his life said to be in danger, the family of Thomas Markle have made a fresh plea for his daughter Meghan to heal their ...

From the way we watch old movies to the shape of global geopolitics, the story of what has transpired in Gaza over the last ...