New this school year, GBH’s U.S. History Collection is a comprehensive set of media-rich resources for the nation’s educators. Designed to introduce students to multiple perspectives, the Collection will help middle and high school students develop critical thinking skills when learning about and interpreting history.

Sandra López Burke grew up in Brownsville, Texas, but for the past couple of decades she has been steeped in Boston communities, education, and politics — emotionally and professionally. As GBH’s new managing director of community and government relations, López Burke will oversee programming at the GBH Boston Public Library Studio and will be responsible for government relations; manage GBH's Community Advisory Board, which provides valuable feedback to the organization on its programs and activities related to audiences and the community; and manage the Apsell/GBH STEM Scholarship for Boston Public Schools students.

Filmmaker Michael Kirk is no stranger to political intrigue and upheaval. With more than 100 FRONTLINE documentaries in his portfolio, he has captured the drama of how Washington, D.C., really works, with close examinations of the people who occupy the most powerful roles in our country. In his new documentary, Lies, Politics and Democracy, he captures today’s unprecedented level of unrest and polarization leading to a fundamental crisis for American democracy.

The story of the Holocaust is a failure of humanness, said filmmaker Ken Burns. “It’s such an abysmal lapse of all the things that are what humanity should be about,” he said.

Welcome to Hope Street, a new crime series available on GBH Passport that shines a light on everyday life in Northern Ireland.

In POV’s documentary, President, filmmaker Camilla Nielsson takes viewers into the volatile, gritty 2018 Zimbabwean election that pitted the entrenched old guard against the charismatic opposition leader Nelson Chamisa. The film, which airs on August 8 at 9pm on GBH 2, won the 2021 Sundance Award for World Cinema documentary, Excellence Verité Filmmaking, and was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Feature Documentary. POV is America's longest running documentary series.

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) recently announced its 2022 Salute to Excellence Award nominees, honoring journalism and communications that best cover the Black experience or address issues affecting the worldwide Black community. GBH’s work was recognized six times! Congratulations to all of our colleagues at FRONTLINE PBS and GBH News who have received nominations.

“I need a good book.” If that’s something that you’ve been thinking, GBH staff have some fascinating and eclectic ideas for you, covering the gamut, from the history of tuberculosis to a drama at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. Here are recommendations from GBH staff and volunteers.

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The grills are fired up and sunscreen is our constant companion. It’s summer at last! And that means finding time for some great new books. Like last year, we turn to the avid readers in the GBH Newsroom for their recommendations. Whether you’re into hard-hitting nonfiction or would rather be swept away by an author’s imagination, or maybe something in-between, there’s a page-turner here for you.