From Viola Davis to Common and Courtney B. Vance, PBS' documentary on W.E.B. Du Bois features the voices of Black Hollywood in a new trailer.

PBS has extended Ken Burns’ free streaming window for his history docuseries “The American Revolution,” following its ratings success. The 12-hour documentary series, directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein ...

Documentary The Librarians shows public servants on the front line of a national battle against conservative groups fighting to ban books from public schools.

January 28, 2026; Arlington, VA – PBS was honored with an impressive 11 nominations for the 2026 Writers Guild Awards, with its acclaimed documentary programming across multiple categories. PBS stands ...

President Donald Trump’s far-reaching use of executive power. The challenges facing a post-Assad Syria. A Ukrainian brigade’s inch-by-inch battle to reclaim a Russian-held town. The realities of ...

PBS will soon highlight a pioneering musician whose band is still based in a Germantown rowhome. Sun Ra, the late bandleader of the Sun Ra Arkestra, is the subject of an episode of "American Masters" ...

The Underground Railroad was a network of people, places and secret routes that helped enslaved people escape to freedom. Although stories about the Railroad often focus on former slave states, the ...

PBS announced a new two-part series, "Martha Graham Dance Company: We Are Our Time," with Connecticut resident Meryl Streep ...

A new PBS documentary, "A Fuller Education," chronicles the life of education advocate Howard Fuller. Fuller is known as a former Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent and an architect of the nation ...

PBS has extended Ken Burns' free streaming window for his history docuseries "The American Revolution," following its ratings success. The 12-hour documentary series, directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein ...