This is a special edition of Meet the Press, with Kristen Welker. Good Sunday morning. I’m Ryan Nobles, in for Kristen Welker. 250 years ago this weekend, the American experiment of life, liberty and ...
Noted documentarian Ken Burns said in a recent interview that tendencies to gloss over the bloody reality of American history amplifies perceived divisions of the present moment, but that these echoes ...
US Independence Day was never the simple morality tale Americans often tell themselves. Under Donald Trump the debate over its meaning is more politically charged than ever under.
Scholars will someday wonder how the richest country in history chose to throw it all away. But the crisis has been there since the beginning ...
The Constitution is America’s enduring framework for the ongoing democratic argument over how we live together, balancing ...
Ken Burns keeps a neon sign in his editing room reading, “It’s complicated.” That was certainly true of his illuminating and nuanced The American Revolution, the 12-hour PBS documentary series that ...
This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. As the U.S. nears its 250th anniversary, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns notes widespread ...
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns talks about his quilt collection and the powerful role it plays in history and his own life.
The principles proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence were always more important than a single man,” writes James Kloppenberg.
On the eve of the 250th anniversary of America's founding, thought leaders, politicans and historians reflect on the origins of the nation and our present.
This article is part of The Poynter 50, a series reflecting on 50 moments and people that shaped journalism over the past half-century — and continue to influence its future. As Poynter celebrates its ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood has died. He was 92. Police say Wood died Sunday after being struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in East Providence, Rhode Island.