This article is part of Times Opinion’s 2025 Giving Guide. These may feel like grim times. Perhaps you feel powerless, even paralyzed. But we’re not at all helpless. Each of us has almost miraculous ...

True-crime documentary ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ also scores big on Nielsen’s charts. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor Netflix’s political drama The Diplomat moved into the top spot on Nielsen’s ...

Choosing your favorite Ken Burns series has as much to do with your historical interests as the quality of any individual projects. That’s because he doesn’t really make subpar documentaries, although ...

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 ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns has examined some of the most defining moments of American history. He's delved into the Civil War, dissected America's response to the Holocaust and chronicled the evolution of ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming The American Revolution with some apprehension, ...

A de facto partition of Gaza – where one area would be controlled by Israel and another by Hamas – is increasingly likely, multiple sources say, as efforts to advance US President Donald Trump’s plan ...

Nicholas Burns, Former US Ambassador to China, discusses the outlook for US and China relations following the trade truce. He speaks with Stephen Engle from the sidelines of the Citi China Conference ...

There’s a neon sign in Ken Burns’s editing room that reads, “It’s complicated.” Even the prolific documentarian, who spends more time than most exploring the difficult truths of our nation’s history, ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its timing feels urgent. Critic’s Notebook In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the ...