This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: Above The Law
February 14, 2018
It’s like indentured servitude, but with a Silicon Valley spitshine as a gig economy solution.
Source: Ipsos/UVA Center for Politics (Larry Sabato)
February 15, 2018
Nixon, Johnson, and Trump are at the bottom.
Source: Vox
February 14, 2018
“Pocahontas’s real journey was far more remarkable — and far darker — than the myth admits.”
Source: The Conversation
February 14, 2018
In the 1990s, older Californians struggled to make way for a younger, more diverse generation. Here’s how that 'racial generation gap’ transformed the state – and what it means for the rest of the US.
Source: NYT
February 13, 2018
Roughly one generation lived with the wall. Roughly one generation has now lived without it. But in many ways it is still a tale of two countries.
Source: CNN
February 13, 2018
Trump was joined at the event by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and Surgeon General Jerome Adams, the only two senior Trump administration officials who are black.
Source: The Washington Post
February 13, 2018
That was in February 2017.
Source: The Washington Post
February 9, 2018
And no one knew who the victims were – until now.
Source: The Washington Post
February 12, 2018
The Memphis sanitation workers’ strike would win the support of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. — and lead to his assassination less than two months later.
Source: WSP
February 12, 2018
Children of Kennedy Democrats are Trump Republicans. And for those inspired by RFK in 1968, what should be a happy anniversary is instead an occasion to puzzle a drastic reversal of political fortune.
Source: The Guardian
February 11, 2018
A historical travel guide once listed safe pit stops for black motorists in Jim Crow America. When a family sought similar advice on Facebook last year, they were deluged with replies.
Source: BBC
February 8, 2018
Opponents have said the tunnel could destroy archaeological treasures and scar the landscape irreparably.
Source: CBS News
February 9, 2018
"The ugly reality is, extremist groups are actively organizing, targeting colleges and universities in an attempt to be heard and to grow their ranks," University of Tennessee system President DiPietro said in a statement.
Source: NY Daily News
February 8, 2018
It's an uphill struggle. The first reparations bill was introduced into Congress in 1867.
Source: Deutsche Welle
February 7, 2018
Across Brazil, there are more than 3,000 quilombos — communities of descendants of slaves — that face continued attacks. A Supreme Court case could now invalidate their right to land.
Source: Smithsonian
February 7, 2018
Displays of military might aren’t common in modern America outside of wartime.
Source: The Boston Globe
February 5, 2018
Though opposition to abortion is what many think fueled the powerful conservative white evangelical right, 81 percent of whom voted for Donald Trump, it was really school integration.
Source: NYT
February 7, 2018
What do the noble mastiff, the lowly cur and the trundle-tail have in common besides being terms for dogs?
Source: Time Magazine
February 6, 2018
The U.K. marks the 100th anniversary of British women gaining the right to vote. While it may seem like distant history, the centenary is a cause for both celebration and reflection on the parallels between international women’s movements of the past and of the present.
Source: The Daily Beast
February 7, 2018
"It really shows up that these imaginary racial categories we have... are not applicable to the past at all," said one project worker.
