The six-part documentary explores the United States’ founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence, examining how these “turned the world upside-down.” It airs nightly through Nov. 21.

Sunday’s premiere of Ken Burns’ new PBS series “The American Revolution” doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months after President Donald Trump succeeded in stripping away all federal funding ...

The Whitman-Hanson teachers union approved a vote of no-confidence in Superintendent Jeff Szymaniak and Assistant Superintendent George Ferro — as the regional school district contends with a surprise ...

Walt Whitman captured the essence of American democracy, individualism, and human connection in verses that remain startlingly relevant more than a century after his death, demonstrating how genuine ...

Cuts to NPR, PBS and other public media outlets have been in the news all year long, but now the federal funds have actually run out. With Tuesday marking the end of the federal government’s fiscal ...

Carpaccio, the massive Italian restaurant named after the Italian crudo and owned by the Limani Hospitality Group, has closed in Huntington Station’s Walt Whitman Shops. Aimed at both ...

PBS's chief executive told public television officials Thursday that it was cutting about 15% of its jobs due to the move by Republicans in Congress to eliminate all federal funding for public ...

The nonprofit will receive less revenue from its members, which are under pressure to make up for shortfalls of their own. By Benjamin Mullin PBS is cutting its current budget by more than a fifth to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I report on media as well as its intersection with news and culture. In this photo illustration, the NPR (National Public Radio) ...

The Trump administration rescinded funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, resulting in its announcement of closure. The CPB's purpose since its creation in 1967 was to assist in funding ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) will be shutting down after Congress passed a bill that cut funding for the corporation. On July 31, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a ...

Ben Jacques taught English at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. His collection of poems about work, Jackhammer Poems, was recently published. Is it you then that thought yourself less? The ...