The six-part documentary explores the United States’ founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence, examining how these “turned the world upside-down.” It airs nightly through Nov. 21.

Sunday’s premiere of Ken Burns’ new PBS series “The American Revolution” doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months after President Donald Trump succeeded in stripping away all federal funding ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming The American Revolution with some apprehension, ...

The filmmakers behind When Machines Prescribe — which premiered on the PBS science series NOVA, produced by GBH — are recipients of the 2025 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award in the Video Spot ...

For more politics coverage and analysis, sign up for Here’s the Deal, our weekly politics newsletter, here. The nation is on the verge of shaking off its longest government shutdown in history. The ...

In response to a court order, the Trump administration says it will provide half of the regular food stamp benefits during the government shutdown. To discuss what the decision will mean for SNAP ...

Ella al-Shamahi is a palaeoanthropologist and evolutionary biologist who grew up as a creationist. She talks to Here & Now‘s Scott Tong about how, when she went to college, she thought she’d be able ...

Operation Space Station will air on November 5th and 12th, with the first part, High-Risk Build, focusing on the engineering and construction of the ISS. Part two, Science and Survival, will tell the ...

Celebrating the lasting legacy of our planet's off-world laboratory since it was first inserted into orbit in 2000, NOVA presents a two-part exploration of the venerable International Space Station ...

This intimate look at the design, building, and operation of the ISS airs on PBS Nov. 5 and Nov. 12. Celebrating the lasting legacy of our planet's off-world laboratory since it was first inserted ...

President Donald Trump has repeatedly signaled he is open to invoking the Insurrection Act, a law from 1807 that allows the president to deploy the military in the United States. Earlier this month, ...