When the Carlisle Indian Industrial School opened in 1879 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, it had one goal: to force Native children to be assimilated into White society. Founded by Richard Henry Pratt, a Civil War general who convinced tribal leaders that their children needed to be “Americanized,” the government-run boarding school was driven by his guiding principle: “Kill the Indian in him and save the man.”

Signaling a new era for its popular local morning program, GBH has named Paris Alston and Jeremy Siegel as the new co-hosts of Morning Edition at GBH News. The two journalists will bring a fresh and contemporary energy to the show, reinventing GBH’s morning news experience while welcoming new voices and perspectives into a daily multiplatform news conversation.

The threats caused by global warming are intensifying and demand our collective attention. The health and well-being of our communities here and across the globe depend on mitigating the deadly effects of climate change. We must work together to protect our planet and people and ensure a greener, sustainable, more resilient future for us all. Urgent and hopeful efforts are underway, as scientists and innovators leverage the power of technology and engineering to slow the unfolding crisis. But many challenges remain, and the scale and pace of our actions must increase.

The acoustics of GBH Fraser Performance Studio, reputed to be the finest recording facility on the East Coast, play a starring role in the newly available stream of the Tällberg Foundation’s “Jazz for the Planet.”

The four-part broadcast and streaming series, which premieres on Tuesday, October 26, delivers multiple perspectives from multiple directors, creating intimate portraits of the glories and traumas experienced by service members and exploring the ways that service has transformed them.

NOVA delves into the vastness of space to capture moments of high drama in the new NOVA Universe Revealed, a five-part series premiering October 27.

For more than three decades, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE has brought to life the incredible characters and epic stories that have shaped America’s past and present, and the work of historians and biographers is critical to telling those stories. Check out some of the books that inspired and informed recent films.

We’ve always known that our colleagues are super hardworking, highly skilled and love a good challenge. A few of them are bringing that spirit to the beloved Boston Marathon on Monday, and they’re all doing it their own way. Patricia Alvarado Nuñez of WORLD Channel, Eric Gulliver of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and Ellen London in GBH News will join the field in the country’s oldest marathon (since 1897).

70 years ago today (October 6), GBH Radio made its debut on the airwaves with a live broadcast of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). The two Boston institutions have been in sync ever since, and GBH continues to air live BSO performances on Saturday nights on its radio station CRB Classical 99.5, including last Saturday’s first program of the new season.

“William Randolph Hearst is America writ large,” says the writer of "Citizen Hearst."