Yet it’s more important than ever to be so, even if you’re not feeling it, according to Robert Emmons, professor of ...

These 11 delightful communities offer peaceful settings and small-town charm! Ferndale looks like someone plucked a Victorian village and placed it perfectly intact in northern California. The entire ...

The PBS documentary, by filmmaker Ken Burns, tells an American origin story to bring a diverse nation together, rather than ...

Back in 1990, Ken Burns made his reputation with "The Civil War," a sprawling, mutlipart documentary that caused a sensation, set a standard and sealed the style he's applied to ...

As America's 250th birthday approaches (with the grim reaper looming large), the distinguished documentarian's 12-hour series ...

Ken Burns' latest opus is solid storytelling. It also highlights the costliness of our ignorance about our history.

“The American Revolution” is the opposite: enduring, not ephemeral. And it accomplishes what Gerbner urges: “To move past a ...

Eisenhower Fellowships Chairman, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert M. Gates, will present the prestigious medal to Burns at EF's Annual Awards Dinner on May 13, 2026 at the National ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns has examined some of the most defining moments of American history. He's delved into the Civil War, dissected America's response to the Holocaust and chronicled the evolution of ...

Ken Burns speaks onstage during the New York premiere of PBS’s "The American Revolution," Sept. 18, 2025. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) Ken Burns has had a busy year. The famed documentary ...