"It's a moment of immense opportunity" but the grid & infrastructure are holding it back, says Schneider Electric's EVP Avice-Huet, issuing a call for bold leadership.

In the early 1970s, a quiet revolution began in American factories. Lathes, drill presses and milling machines—once guided by ...

Step onto the platform of the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, and you’ll swear you can hear the distant whistle of a steam locomotive coming around the bend. This unassuming ...

The American Revolution has spilled into a global war, but the United States hangs on by a thread. France and Spain join the war against Britain, continuing the series of wars between the European ...

The war drags on and moves to new theaters: at sea, in Indian Country, and in the South. Washington’s Continental Army emerges from the harsh winter at Valley Forge to fight the British Army in the ...

"Washington Crossing the Delaware" painting by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) “From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen. Not to be extinguished.” Cultural ...

“The United States came out of violence,” the historian Maya Jasanoff reminds us in our series “The American Revolution” (premiering tonight on PBS). And in 1776, the awful violence of war was ...

A new six-part documentary series from Ken Burns titled "The American Revolution" is set to premiere on Nov. 16. The film explores the eight-year war, which Burns considers the most consequential ...

Opinion. Ken Burns, the award-winning filmmaker whose work has defined how Americans understand the Civil War, baseball, jazz, and the Vietnam War, is back this week on PBS with a new six-part ...

Examining how America’s founding turned the world upside-down as the thirteen British colonies on the Atlantic Coast rose in rebellion, won their independence and established a new form of government ...

The docuseries has been directed by Ken Burns, who is also the creator, and is accompanied by two more directors, David Schmidt and Sarah Botstein, in directing the episodes of the upcoming docuseries ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Back in 1990, Ken Burns made his reputation with “The Civil War,” a sprawling, multipart documentary that caused a ...