Ken Burns' latest docuseries, "The American Revolution," explores the United States' bloody and hardwon origin story.

By Vince Bzdek What is most striking about Ken Burns’ extraordinary new PBS documentary on the American Revolution is how ...

The Founding Fathers were the first human beings to assert that people were citizens, and had the right to elect their ...

Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he ...

The United States came out of violence,” the historian Maya Jasanoff reminds us in our series “The American Revolution” ...

In Beyond 1776, 10 humanities scholars consider the American Revolution within a global framework. The foundation of the United States was deeply enmeshed with shifting alliances and multiple actors, ...

Indigenous history, resiliency and sovereignty take center stage in WKAR’s newest documentary series Before America. Each ...

A gripping graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Leo Trinidad. Nathaniel Fox never imagined ...

Rebellious Africans: How Caribbean slavery came to the mainland -- Free trade in Africans? Did the Glorious Revolution unleash the slave trade? -- Revolt! Africans conspire with the French and Spanish ...

As the United States prepares to celebrate Independence Day, we look at why July 4 is not a cause for celebration for all. For Native Americans, it may be a bitter reminder of colonialism, which ...