Ken Burns on America's origin story: "The most important event since the birth of Christ"

The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American ...
WOSU Public Media

The history of US presidential inaugurations

In this Jan. 20, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the ...
USA Today

Want to know the longest government shutdowns in history? See timeline of cost, reasons

We are 27 days into federal funding lapse, just shy of the longest shutdown in American history that ended on Jan. 25, 2019, ...
Mother Jones

What the History of American Expansion Can Tell Us About Trump’s Threats

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Is this just a tired throwback to the country’s empire-building past, or a ...
ABC News

A Brief History of the US Minimum Wage

Americans have grappled with how to compensate workers for more than a century. — -- For more than a century, Americans have grappled with how to fairly compensate the nation’s lowest paid ...