The final documentary of American Experience before the series pauses new production explores the life and career of the ...

At a time when America struggled -- often violently -- to sort out the competing claims of democracy and individual gain, Carnegie championed both. He saw himself as a hero of working people, yet he ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to fly a ...

When Henry Kissinger died on Nov. 29, 2023, newspapers devoted pages to his obituary and scores of world leaders praised his legacy. Yet the mere mention of his name can elicit seething contempt or ...

Five years in the making, “LBJ” offers a look at disputed events of the past, including the Tonkin Gulf episode and the decision to “Americanize” the war in Vietnam in July 1965. It also examines the ...

Some people say they love PBS and prove it by quoting Julia Child, Arthur or Call the Midwife. But can they compare to Shane Hunt? In April, Hunt completed his quest to watch every episode of American ...