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

I interviewed every president since Nixon. Our nation's identity and future have always been on a fierce and extraordinary ...

From George Washington’s revolution to Grover Cleveland’s reforms, this documentary explores how America’s first leaders shaped a new nation.

One minor but arresting fact of U.S. history is the huge amount of alcohol the average American consumed in 1830: 7.1 undiluted gallons a year, the equivalent of four shots of 80-proof whiskey every ...

Winning the ideological contest against China and Russia starts with U.S. leaders improving our democratic system of ...

This essay is adapted from “Measuring Violence,” the first chapter of John Dower’s book, The Violent American Century: War and Terror Since World War Two. On ...

This year, for the first time in nearly a century, more foreign-born people will likely leave the United States than will ...