Cliff's career peaked with "The Harder They Come," but, after a break in the late 1970s, he worked for decades with the ...

In this modern take on the historical documentary, the mythical Thoreau – the hermit of Walden Pond, the imitator of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the nag, the saint – will give way to the human Thoreau: ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Veterans and members of the military joined Wagner College officials, staffers and alumns, District Attorney Michael McMahon and the Rolling Thunder motorcycle group at the 15th ...

Tulane unveiled the lineup for the fifth annual New Orleans Book Festival, hosting over 100 nationally acclaimed and ...

A full half-century has now passed since the conventional American reckoning of “The End of the Vietnam War.” 2025 marks the ...

Credit - Universal History Archive— Ken Burns' latest project is an expansive documentary about the history of the American ...

Ken Burns. Photo by Stephanie Berger. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns will be awarded the first Commonwealth Prize, an honor for patriotic service or extraordinary and lasting contributions to the ...

That’s two years longer than the actual length of the American Revolution, but the Founding Fathers and the Continental Army ...

Award-winning documentarian Ken Burns is back with a new PBS documentary chronicling how America’s founding reshaped the world.

Happy Native American Heritage Month. Two weeks ago I lectured at a local college in Grand Rapids, my hometown. After I introduced myself I asked the 13 students how many knew what is celebrated ...