"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, continues airing this week on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history of the war of independence from Britain, and the beginnings of the American experiment in democracy, comes at a moment of deep divisions. Jeffrey Brown has our look for our Art in Action series, which explores the intersection of art and democracy as part of our CANVAS coverage. | PBS NewsHour

As a moral and political philosophy, classical liberalism lays a framework for the good society. In this video, Emily Chamlee-Wright, president of the Institute for Humane Studies, explains what classical liberalism is and introduces the principles of human dignity and individual liberty as forces that shape the liberal notion of justice. | Big Think