On Nov. 10, 1969, the children’s educational program “Sesame Street” made its debut on National Educational Television, now ...

Burns and co-director Sarah Botstein discuss their six-part, 10-year labor of love, which finally makes it to PBS on6.

On Nov. 10, 1775, the United States Marine Corps, then known as the Continental Marines, was formed by order of the Second ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is on the war path again. He’s already created memorable series on the Vietnam War, the Civil ...

Amid plans to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, many are asking whether or not the people really do rule, and whether the ...

Privatisation is not a panacea, but it represents the best opportunity to restore accountability, credibility, and creativity in British media. If Britain truly believes in competition, democracy, and ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Buffalo Tom's mini arts fest arrives, there’s a Ren Faire and ...

Archives are a way for people to learn about an institution’s history, whether good or bad. Sheila O’Connor, former Creative ...

It has been 50 years since one of North America's most infamous maritime disasters — the sinking of the S.S. Edmund ...

Director Ken Burns is well known for his often-multipart PBS films about varied segments of the ongoing history of America, ...