Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns lamented the federal spending cuts to PBS and praised public broadcasting as the "Declaration of Independence" of communication.

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 ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns defended federal funding for PBS on Hasan Minhaj's podcast, warning rural areas could become a "news desert" without it.

Arkansas has become the first state to cut ties with PBS after a state commission voted to end the public television ...

Ken Burns calls PBS the 'Declaration of Independence' for communications Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns defended federal funding for PBS on Hasan Minhaj's podcast, warning rural areas could become a ...

Following public media’s loss of federal funding, PBS SoCal is hoping viewers will help fill the gap. It has announced We Public Television, a star-studded live three-hour telethon, which will air on ...

Ken Burns reflects on reconnecting with America’s founding to rediscover our shared purpose. Ken Burns urges us to move beyond nostalgia and sentimentality to engage with America's founding truly. By ...

In his latest series, Ken Burns, veteran of renowned documentaries on the Civil and Vietnam wars, tells the story of the ordinary men and women who took on the mighty British Empire to found a new ...

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.