The Busing Battleground viscerally captures the class tensions and racial violence that ensued when Black and white students in Boston were bused for the first time between neighborhoods to comply with a federal desegregation order.

GREAT PERFORMANCES Leonard Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony examines questions of humanity and faith, exploring the complicated nature of a higher power who governs mortality. The performance features Marin Alsop conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with soprano Janai Brugger, the Chicago Children’s Choir and Jaye Ladymore as narrator.

In response to the devastating wildfires on Maui, Hawaiʻi bands together for "Maui Ola: A Benefit Concert for Maui." PBS Hawai‘i will broadcast and stream a live concert from Bishop Museum on Sunday, August 20, 2023, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm.

Due to our broadcast of Ola Hou: A Benefit Concert for Maui
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover and PBS News Weekend will not be broadcast on Sunday, August 20.

Self-taught ramen master Masamoto Ueda and his wife Kazuko have run their Tokyo ramen shop, Bizentei for more than forty years. Together with their customers, they have created a welcoming place of community.

The Golden Gate bridge is an engineering marvel that symbolizes America’s can-do spirit. Can America continue to execute bold and ambitious infrastructure projects in the 21st century?

Explore the definitive story of international art sensation Keith Haring who blazed a trail through the art scene of ‘80s New York and revolutionized the worlds of pop culture and fine art. The film features previously unheard interviews with Haring.

Delve into the fate of the Monument at Stone Mountain, Georgia, the Confederate Mount Rushmore, revealing a nation wrestling with its past as Confederate statues are torn down across the country.

The story of how the American Bald Eagle soared to its vaunted perch in American iconography. Learn how it became an iconic symbol of patriotism but also of environmental activism and Native American traditions.

It's hard to argue that there's a more iconic symbol of America today than the Statue of Liberty. For people around the world, The Statue of Liberty stands for freedom. This episode explores the evolving meaning of The Statue of Liberty as symbol for a “nation of immigrants,” and how it embodies our values and our conflicts, from abolition and women’s suffrage to the treatment of refugees.