VIDEO: Introducing TimeFrames

At a time when news travels fast but understanding can lag far behind, we've created TimeFrames. TIME executive editor Nancy Gibbs explains how, in our vault containing nearly nine decades of news, you can find the meaning of stories unfolding around us every day.

Environment

Sometimes a crisis stops a trend in its tracks: after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, it would be more than 30 years before construction of any new plants would be approved. Sometimes an environmental disaster means barely a detour. Bryan Walsh explores the mixing of red, white, blue ... and green. MORE »
Politics

In midterm elections, voters typically reward their lawmakers - and rebuke their President. Even the most popular often get spanked. Mark Halperin explores how Presidents from FDR to Truman to Reagan to Clinton learned their lessons. MORE »
China

TIME co-founder Henry Luce was raised in China, the son of missionaries, and always sought to promote understanding between China and the U.S. Michael Elliott explores the evolution of that relationship, from the early days of revolution to the tumultuous rise of a new economic superpower. MORE »
Religion

Through the years, we have argued over the place of faith in politics, the power wielded by charismatic clerics and the meaning of being, as G.K. Chesterton called the U.S., a "nation with the soul of a church." Howard Chua-Eoan explores the laboratory of religious liberty. MORE »
War

Some wars end cleanly, with a signed surrender and a great parade. Others end in slow exhaustion or long denial; some shift to a new battlefield, as when hot wars turn cold. TimeFrames explores the often uncertain paths to peace. MORE »
Millennials

Every generation has its signature accessory, whether it's bobby socks, bell-bottoms or cell phones. TIME has covered the fads, fashions, politics and passions of every new generation. TimeFrames helps you understand the ties that bind them and the experiences that set them apart. MORE »

VIDEO: Introducing TimeFrames

Environment

Politics

China

Religion

War

Millennials