The famed filmmaker ditched a prestigious writers’ award and $20,000 prize to attend a secretive men’s-only camp.

Glenn H. Curtiss Museum will host aviation historian Kevin Burns for a public program on the American Legion’s role in early ...

The Pioneer High School graduate received a nomination for his work on the PBS series "The American Revolution," which premiered last November. He has previously received five Emmys.

Documentarian Ken Burns said in an appearance on "Meet the Press" that the American story is all about overcoming divisions.

Famed historian and documentary film maker Ken Burns sat down with MS Now's Jonathan Capehart to discuss the state of American democracy. The post Famed Historian Blasts ‘Narcissistic Chicken Little’ ...

Ken Burns keeps a neon sign in his editing room reading, “It’s complicated.” That was certainly true of his illuminating and ...

This article is part of The Poynter 50, a series reflecting on 50 moments and people that shaped journalism over the past half-century — and continue to influence its future. As Poynter celebrates its ...

Ken Burns, who has helped to tell the story of the nation’s history through celebrated documentaries, attributes much of his success to the education he received at Hampshire College. Faced with the ...

“The American Revolution” is the latest work by renowned documentarian Ken Burns, whose work has, according to the National Endowment of the Humanities, “conveyed more history to more Americans than ...

A 9-year-old boy is recovering after a popular toy caused second-degree burns to his face and hands. Caleb Chabolla, a fourth-grader in Illinois, was injured after heating up a NeeDoh in the microwave ...

Award-winning filmmaker and historian Ken Burns of Walpole played the role of cleanup hitter Friday, making the final argument in New Hampshire’s bid to convince the Democratic National Committee (DNC ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said the American Revolution has been “sanitized,” calling the war “dark and bloody.” “I think we have sanitized the war. And I — I think it’s out of an understandable ...