History in 28-minutes

In the dramatic and dangerous world of the Tudor court, few figures appear as restrained and enigmatic as Jane Seymour. Where Anne Boleyn had dazzled with wit, ambition, and controversy, Jane emerged as a figure of silence, modesty, and traditional femininity. Yet beneath this calm exterior lay a woman whose brief reign would alter the future of England more profoundly th...

Most Americans today rarely think about the basic rules of food safety. Vegetables are washed before cooking. Milk is refrigerated. Kitchen counters are wiped down without much thought. Recipes come with precise measurements and expiration dates guide daily decisions. These habits feel so routine that they appear timeless, but, they are not. Here, Eric Schubert explains t...

Before November 18, 1883, noon in New York was not noon in Philadelphia. Not noon in Pittsburgh. Not noon in Chicago. Each city kept its own time, measured against the position of the sun directly overhead that town, that day. This was not a flaw. It was how time had always worked. Here, Ali Mujtaba Zaidi looks at the change.

In the first of three articles we will focus on the life of one of South America’s most famous historical personalities, Ernesto Guevara, who later became more widely known as the Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. He was, and remains, a polemic figure in the political arena, every bit as divisive now as during his time in the Cuban Revolution and the Cold War of the 1960...

In the long and turbulent history of the Tudor dynasty, few individuals have left a mark as profound and enduring as Anne Boleyn. Her life unfolded against the glittering but dangerous backdrop of the court of Henry VIII, a world governed by ambition, ceremony, dynastic anxiety, and political calculation. To her enemies, she was a scheming temptress who destroyed England'...