When I’m asked to name the Mount Everest of interviews in my 45-year journalism career, my answer comes swiftly: Ken Burns, the director, co-producer, co-author and more of “The Civil War.” His ...

This film festival reminds us that even in times of deep division, we are willing to come together in search of stories from the past that have the power to ...

On the Fourth of July—a day that Ken Burns unsurprisingly refers to as “by far, by far, my favorite holiday”—I accompanied the legendary documentary filmmaker to a naturalization ceremony on the West ...