Encore Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV “Take no prisoners. Fight to the bitter end.” Those were everyday words to combat troops on both sides at the end of World War II in the Pacific. And ...

They all played prominent roles in the NAACP, the preeminent civil rights organization of the era. But Walter White — arguably the most influential Black man in mid-century America and the leader of ...

American presidents hold the most powerful office on earth and occupy a unique place at the center of national and world events. At once chief executive, head of state, commander-in-chief, and leader ...

WASHINGTON — The USS Harry S. Truman and its strike group launched the “largest airstrike in the history of the world” from an aircraft carrier during recent operations near Somalia, the Navy’s top ...

An AMERICAN EXPERIENCE collection featuring a selection of films documenting the African American Experience — along with articles, digital shorts and original features exploring America’s continued ...

GBH announced Tuesday that it is laying off 13 employees at American Experience, and pausing production of new American Experience documentaries. “Severe cuts in federal funding for public media are ...

At her inauguration as the city's poet laureate, Genny Lim recites from her poem, "I am American." "I am American. We live, love, work, sleep and breathe In this Babylon of 48 hills..." she begins. As ...