Crash Course on YouTube is, in a word, awesome. It's a series of educational videos, well-researched and beautifully presented for free by brothers John and Hank Green (both of whom are former writers ...

(RNS) — If today’s high schoolers don’t know John Green from his bestselling young adult novels, like “The Fault in Our Stars” or “Looking for Alaska,” they might recognize him as the host of that ...

Democracy has had its fair share of critics. So what is it, and what should it be? A government by the people, for the people sounds like a good idea. But is democracy really all it’s cracked up to be ...

In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we dig into the beliefs, pillars, and spread of Islam. Many Muslims believe it’s their religious duty to pray five times a day in the direction of the Kaaba ...