William E. Leuchtenburg, a leading scholar of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression, has died at age 102. His numerous works include an award-winning history of the New Deal and ...

The series will air September 18, 19 and 20, at 8-10 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS stations ... figures that includes Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles Lindbergh, Dorothy Thompson, Rabbi ...

Working in railways, mines, and mills caused thousands of deaths in the early 20th century and before. Photos show the ...

“We’re forging a new political majority that’s shattering and replacing Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal coalition, which dominated American politics for over 100 years,” he said.

He was a storyteller. All you need to do is go into the fifth episode of the Roosevelt series and look at his concise way of explaining what it was. He first talks about filling up a stadium with ...

Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt ... of Ken Burns' PBS documentaries.

You can now watch a broad selection of PBS programming on Amazon Prime for free even if you don’t have a subscription. Though ...

The nonprofit broadcaster has brought us everything from ‘Finding Your Roots’ and ‘Antiques Roadshow’ to ‘Nova’ and ‘Sesame Street.’ ...

An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written ...

During this week of International Holocaust Remembrance, Resistance: They Fought Back, an important new Holocaust documentary ...

Rockland Public Library will screen the documentary “Bulls and Saints” by Rodrigo Dorfman and Peter Eversoll at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, in collaboration with PBS’ “POV” series.

By Benjamin Mullin and David McCabe The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has waded into the politicized debate over NPR and PBS, ordering up an investigation that he said could be ...