Why We Celebrate Thanksgiving On The 4th Thursday Of November
There is an explanation, but you have to go back to things decreed by Presidents Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt (FDR, that is).
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What Do Billionaires Owe The Rest Of Us?
Questions like these come up as the public contemplates a wealth tax.
Hitler's Birth Home In Austria Will Become A Police Station
Austrian officials hope the decision to turn the three-story building in the town of Braunau am Inn into a police station will be a deterrent to those who would make the site a neo-Nazi shrine.
A Conversation With Susan Rice
We hear from the former national security advisor and U.N. ambassador about her memoir "Tough Love."
A New Chapter For Sudan
With a dictator gone, a peace deal in place, and a historic joint civilian-military council sworn in, what's next for Sudan's economy?
Fractured Into Factions? What The Founders Feared About Impeachment
The Founding Fathers saw impeachment as a release valve from another "crisis of a national revolution." But they also worried it would devolve into partisan bickering if put into action.
Releasing "The Report"
Scott Z. Burns' new film dramatizes the process of releasing a report on "enhanced interrogation techniques" during the Bush administration.
Eat Like The Ancient Babylonians: Researchers Cook Up Nearly 4,000-Year-Old Recipes
Written on four tablets, three of which date back no later than 1730 B.C., the recipes are considered to be the oldest known. And they taste pretty good, says a scholar who re-created them.
'I Miss Them, Always': A Witness Recounts El Salvador's 1989 Jesuit Massacre
Six priests became modern-day martyrs in one of the most high-profile religious crimes in recent Latin American history. A woman who witnessed the incident says the FBI pressured her to stay quiet.
Where Does The Term 'Gubernatorial' Come From?
Saturday is the final gubernatorial election of 2019. It got us wondering why we use the term "gubernatorial" in the first place. Hint: It goes back to Latin.