Documentary filmmaker and historian Ken Burns has cemented his career on bringing history to life.

One of the things I never wrapped my head around was how the Roman Republic managed to conquer the mighty city-states and ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said the American Revolution has been “sanitized,” calling the war “dark and bloody.” “I think we have sanitized the war. And I — I think it’s out of an understandable ...

NPR's history podcast Throughline speaks with Ken Burns about his latest documentary, The American Revolution.

This wonderful HBO mini-series stars Paul Giamatti as John Adams and Laura Linney as Abigail Adams, the power couple of the ...

PBS will rebroadcast the hit docuseries over six consecutive Fridays Jan. 9-Feb. 13, plus the Oklahoma History Center will ...

In celebration of America’s 250th birthday, Academy Award-nominated director Darren Aronofsky, in association with Google ...

A class-based analysis of the US invasion of Venezuela, tracing Hugo Chavez’s socialist legacy, oil politics, media warfare, ...

One In A Million by Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of ...

The United States is preparing to commemorate her semiquincentennial on July 4. For those challenged by history, this date will be 250 years since the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David R. Wagner, the eminent Connecticut muralist and painter of great scenes from American history, died in early December at the ...