1976 – The Cubs acquire OF Greg Gross from Houston for infielder Julio Gonzalez. Then in a three-team deal, the Cubs also get ...

In this video, we explore the history and significance of Staten Island, addressing the question: Why is Staten Island part of New York? The timeline includes: 00:00 Intro 02:28 Why is Staten Island ...

Today's guest is Ken Burns, the filmmaker who has massively reshaped national conversations about everything from the Civil War to baseball to jazz to immigration to national parks with epic ...

The rise of prediction markets in the United States, from the Iowa Electronic Market to sports event contracts ...

The American Revolution will be a war that will pit brother against brother – and birth a nation. The American Revolution will become not just a local war for independence, but a war between great ...

Award-winning documentarian Ken Burns is back with a new PBS documentary chronicling how America’s founding reshaped the world. Co-directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt, The American ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — When the new Ken Burns documentary series “The American Revolution” premiered on PBS, it marked the end of a filmmaking journey that began almost a decade ago. “Ken always says these ...

"Washington Crossing the Delaware" painting by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) “From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen. Not to be extinguished.” Cultural ...

Ken Burns’ new PBS docuseries The American Revolution is a six-part, 12-hour series that puts troops, camp followers, and commanders back on muddy 18th-century ground. Co-directors Sarah Botstein and ...

PHILADELPHIA − Standing outside Independence Hall, the building in which America's forebears signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, even iconic documentarian Ken Burns can't help but ...

Narrated by frequent Burns collaborator Peter Coyote, “The American Revolution” starts well before that fateful July day in 1776 when the Second Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration ...