Journalism

David Gergen talks with George Kennan about his book At a Century's Ending: Reflections 1...

Former President Jimmy Carter talks about his book Living Faith with Charlayne Hunter-Gau...

In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first African American child to desegregate a...

A dialogue between David Gergen and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, author of Lighting Out for th...

Interview between David Gergen and Roger Kahn, author of the book Memories of Summer: Whe...

Jim Lehrer discusses the 40th anniversary of the Little Rock Nine with Haynes Johnson, Ke...

During his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson secretly taped thousands of private conversation...

Jim Lehrer discusses the significance of Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis with the p...

Taylor Branch, author of Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-1965 discusses M...

A conversation with the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist about her book, Paradis...

Douglas Wilson, author of Honor's Voice, talks about the life of President Abraham Lincol...

Author interview with Rafi Zabor, winner of the PEN/Faulkner award for The Bear Comes Hom...

From NewsHour Productions — Richard Ketchum: Saratoga, Turning Point of America&rsq...

Journalist Haynes Johnson, historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Michael Beschloss, and ret...

PBS NewsHour presents a discussion on whether DNA databanks infringe on defendants' right...

The 1998 National Book Award winner in the nonfiction category was Edward Ball for his bo...

In this 1999 interview, PBS NewsHour correspondent Frank McCourt discussed his book 'Tis,...

PBS NewsHour presents a discussion about the death penalty in Illinois and wrongful convi...

In his children's book Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Curtis shares the story of a young mot...

Dr. Jerome Groopman shares personal experiences as a patient and physician in his book Se...

Gloria Whelan's book Homeless Bird chronicles the story of 13-year-old Koly who entered a...

Margaret Warner speaks with Evan Thomas, the author of a new book about the life of Rober...

In this 2001 interview, choreographer and dancer Mark Morris talks to Jeffrey Broan about...

In the second of a series of conversations with 2001's Pulitzer Prize winners, Elizabeth ...

Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the Grameen Bank, a Bangladeshi microfinance institution pr...

Spencer Michels reports from San Francisco on the ongoing corporate bloodletting in the d...

Neil Henry discusses Pearl's Secret, his book about black man's search for his white fami...

Veteran television and radio correspondent Daniel Schorr discusses his life, his career a...

PBS NewsHour presents the various meanings of Timothy McVeigh's execution as seen by two ...

Gwen Ifill talks with historian and author Stephen Ambrose and World War II pilot and for...

A closer look at a renowned ballerina and artistic legacy, dancer Suzanne Farrell.

PBS NewsHour correspondent Margaret Warner interviews Diane McWhorter, who received a Pul...

In his book, Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural, historian Ronald White reve...

"Jim Squires: Horse of a Different Color", a tale of breeding geniuses, dominant females,...

Terence Smith talks with author Jim Bellows about his new book, The Last Editor.

Terence Smith talks with former Vietnam War correspondent John Laurence about his new boo...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discusses The Bondwoman's Narrative, which is described as an auto...

In his novel Empire Falls, author Richard Russo tells the stories of Empire Grill manager...

Author William F. Buckley tells the story of young German-American Sebastian Reinhardt wh...

In this 2002 interview, Ray Suarez speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuel...

In Caramelo, Sandra Cisneros tells the story of the Reyes family who has members and memo...

Media correspondent Terence Smith interviews Jane Leavy about her book on baseball legend...

Terence Smith talks with Michael Beschloss about his new book, The Conquerors.

PBS NewsHour presents a discussion on whether cameras should be allowed to tape the proce...

The Supreme Court heard arguments today in two cases involving the University of Michigan...

Dorothy Height has been fighting for racial equality for more than six decades. Gwen Ifil...

A panel of historians and activists reflect on the historic 1963 March on Washington and ...

Jim Lehrer talks with Lynne Cheney about her new children's book, A Is for Abigail: An Al...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri talks about her first novel, The Namesake in ...

In 2003, Carlos Eire won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. He discusses his book Wa...