The new 12-hour documentary about the United States’ origin story will begin broadcasting Nov. 16 on WHYY and other PBS stations.

Renée Lopez is a photographer who has built a career focused on documenting women in lowrider culture, a perspective often ...

Silk manuscripts dating back about 2,300 years have been returned to China, 79 years after they were smuggled out of the country, with their return resulting from cooperation between Chinese and U.S.

The institution operates some of the most popular sites in Washington and beyond, including 21 museums and the National Zoo.

The federal government has shut down, for the first time in almost seven years. How long will the current impasse will last is unclear, as the partisan standoff persists over health care and the short ...

After winning her Oscar, Marlee Matlin pushed for subtitles across all televised programming with the National Captioning Institute.