Seven-Minute Explainers

05:43 | Dec 21st, 2017

How’s that for a war on Christmas?

04:39 | Dec 14th, 2017

Hear something odd in his syntax, you do

07:13 | Dec 7th, 2017

How previous reforms led to the system we have today

05:32 | Nov 30th, 2017

The history and mystery of Asherah

06:55 | Nov 23rd, 2017

The Macy's Day Parade, football, and Black Friday deals may be uniquely American, but giving thanks for a good harvest is a tradition that crosses cultures

07:17 | Nov 16th, 2017

The American West may fly the flag of individualism, but it was built on a bedrock of Big Government

07:10 | Nov 9th, 2017

Even as other territories became states, the U.S. kept Puerto Rico's legal status vague

07:06 | Nov 2nd, 2017

How war, the golf industry, and Big Candy got (most) us an extra hour of sleep this weekend