Documentary historian Ken Burns pushed back against the idea that political division is increasing in the nation, suggesting ...

To the editor: America is currently biting the dust with strife like we have not seen since the Civil War. Meanwhile, the good guys are standing on the sidelines with their hands in their pockets ...

Gavin Jackson talks with Ken Burns about his next documentary on the American Revolution.

(June 26, 2025) Ken Burns has spent nearly a decade unpacking the complicated, violent and world-changing story of the American Revolution, a war that created a new form of government, turned subjects ...

Thomas Jefferson, by Ken Burns Tuesday, July 1 at 8 and 9 Thomas Jefferson is a two-part portrait of our enigmatic and brilliant third president. Part 1 at 8 PM — Jefferson also made himself into a ...

Now, the U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear sites have revived both fears of war and renewed questions about the president’s authority to unilaterally engage in military action.

“The American Civil War is the most important event in American history because it’s just such a bloody affair,” Burns said in his Tuesday morning talk to students. “750,000 Americans died.

This nine-part series is the work that made documentarian Ken Burns a household name. Burns uses contemporary cinematography in addition to thousands of archival photographs, paintings and newspaper ...

A brief look back at the Battle of Bunker Hill from Ken Burns looks ahead to his upcoming six-part documentary.

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on this 250th anniversary.