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: AP
June 29, 2017
The foundation that operates the eastern Virginia attraction is in final negotiations with four companies that will manage its golf operations, retail stores, much of its maintenance and facilities operations and its commercial real estate, President and CEO Mitchell Reiss said.
Source: Smithsonian
June 30, 2017
"Once Upon a Place" features the oral histories of 70 immigrants.
Source: The Washington Post
June 30, 2017
Parties don’t usually throw out congressional leaders after electoral losses.
Source: The Washington Post
June 29, 2017
The fight began nearly 25 years ago, an epic legal tussle over a single word: Redskins.
Source: Time Magazine
June 28, 2017
The answer will determine their financial future.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
June 29, 2017
At the University of Virginia they’re building a memorial to the slaves who built the place.
Source: Time Magazine
June 29, 2017
Here's what the Man behind Godwin's Law thinks.
Source: Time Magazine
June 29, 2017
It's not necessarily what Trump said that makes his comments unusual, but that he chose to say it publicly.
Source: The Atlantic
June 27, 2017
The ruling by the Hague Appeals Court upholds a lower court’s decision three years ago.
Source: The Washington Post
June 28, 2017
University President Teresa Sullivan urged community members in an email to “avoid the rally and avoid confrontation” when the North Carolina-based Loyal White Knights come to Charlottesville on July 8 to protest the city’s decision to remove a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
Source: WSOCTV
June 28, 2017
When developer Matthew Browder bought a large piece of land five years ago, he had no idea what lied beneath.
Source: patch.com
June 28, 2017
The N.J. rally was held in support of HR-40, which would create a commission to explore African-American slavery reparations in the U.S.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 27, 2017
Mustard was not used on the battlefields of World War II, but Allied armies, gearing for its possible use or other chemical warfare, conducted mustard gas experiments on their own soldiers during that war.
Source: NYT
June 27, 2017
As right-wing populism has roiled elections and upended politics across the West, there is one country where populists have largely failed to break through: Canada.
Source: The Washington Post
June 26, 2017
The law came out of the subcommittee of Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.) in the 1950s.
Source: NYT
June 25, 2017
Time’s time capsule will finally be exhumed from the building at 1271 Avenue of the Americas, which it vacated two years ago.
Source: The Washington Post
June 25, 2017
Restored by Grace United Methodist Church, it once housed slaves who worked on the Clover Hill Farm.
Source: Newsweek
June 26, 2017
Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin has been voted the most “outstanding” figure in Russia’s history, beating the country’s most beloved poet, Alexander Pushkin, and current Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Source: The Washington Post
June 26, 2017
The blog will feature commentary from 75 historians from nationally renowned universities and institutions including Harvard University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia and more.
Source: Toronto Star
June 24, 2017
Clip viewed more than 200,000 times on Facebook shows four black men pushing a float by hand, followed by an all-white chorus.
