Senior staff writer Faith Richardson argues why the television channel TLC is the modern-day P.T. Barnum circus, exploring how this intertwines with exploitation.

On November 12, 1836, Phineas Taylor “P. T.” Barnum arrived in Rocky Mount after leaving Aaron Turner’s Traveling Circus, for which he managed the sideshow acts and took tickets. Barnum convinced some ...

P.T. Barnum got a new idea. This one pertains to college sports. How fitting, considering college athletics is a bit of a circus. Excuse me, it’s not Barnum who thought up this bright new idea on how ...

Perhaps the greatest peril to creating a public persona is being stuck with it — forever. Just ask P.T. Barnum, who was born 200 years ago Monday. During much of his lifetime (1810-1891), Phineas ...

Performers for The Greatest Show On Earth were center stage recently at the Library of Congress, where historic items from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus were donated as part of a "Live ...

*Zendaya is in negotiations to join the cast of “The Greatest Showman,” Fox’s musical focusing on P.T. Barnum, the founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & ...

The circus is coming to town six years after it appeared to be gone for good. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, advertised as “The Greatest Show on Earth” will make two Connecticut stops ...

An Ashland woman who is a collector of Barnum & Bailey Circus memorabilia was surprised to find her Christmas gift was an admission ticket to the circus July 9, 1918 held in Mansfield. MANSFIELD — An ...

For thrills, chills and a colorful afternoon, Bishop Ireton High School was the place to be for its recent show, "Barnum." A parade of circus acts entertained as the crowd entered, giving a taste of ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is an American circus company. The company was started when the circus created by James Anthony Bailey and P. T. Barnum was merged with the Ringling Brothers ...

As the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus hits the road for the first time in seven years, gone are the tigers, elephants and Pennywise-esque clowns. By Jonathan Abrams A pesar de la falta de ...

Perhaps the greatest peril to creating a public persona is being stuck with it — forever. Just ask P.T. Barnum, who was born 200 years ago Monday. During much of his lifetime (1810-1891), Phineas ...