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: Engadget
February 1, 2017
It offers a glimpse at the future of VR filmmaking.
Source: NYT
January 31, 2017
An official report including a handwriting analysis charges that Mr. Walesa, a Nobel laureate, was a paid informer in Poland the 1970s.
Source: WNPR
January 27, 2017
The project is called "History Unfolded" -- and it's a call for residents in Connecticut to scour the archives of their local paper, searching for references to the Holocaust.
Source: NYT
January 28, 2017
“It is important that Challenger and Columbia are remembered, and that Apollo 1 is remembered,” said the Kennedy Space Center director, Robert D. Cabana.
Source: CNN
January 28, 2017
The presidential reference to the "innocent people" victimized by the Nazis without a mention of Jews or anti-Semitism by the White House on International Holocaust Remembrance Day was a stark contrast to statements by former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
Source: Newsweek
January 27, 2017
Jewish leaders have warned against anti-Semitism regaining a foothold with the rise of populist politicians.
Source: Mother Jones
January 26, 2017
Video of an assault on a white nationalist marks the return of an age-old conflict.
Source: USA Today
January 27, 2017
Russell Neiss, a St. Louis man, chose to commemorate the day by creating the @Stl_Manifest Twitter account.
Source: Vanity Fair
January 26, 2017
With a renewed cultural interest in the 1955 murder that catalyzed the 20th century civil rights movement, an interview with the author of a new book who tracked down the long-hidden woman at its center.
Source: New Historian
January 26, 2017
The long lost kingdom of Rheged, which dates back to the Dark Ages, may have been unearthed during excavation work at the archeological site of Trusty’s Hill in Scotland.
Source: CBS News
January 26, 2017
There was no effort to identify his killers, no criminal investigation and no discussion by city police about their complicity in the lynching of the young African-American man. In essence, Callaway’s death was scrubbed from the city record.
Source: Reuters
January 26, 2017
It used to be Democrats who favored federal power over states rights. Now it's the GOP. And vice versa.
Source: The Hill
January 25, 2017
Barack Obama averaged 83% job approval among Democrats and 13% among Republicans.
January 25, 2017
Death Valley National Park’s official Twitter account posted stark reminders of the U.S. internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Source: The Hill
January 25, 2017
Trump's rise has often been compared to the populist election of Jackson, including by some of the new president's own team.
Source: Political Wire
January 25, 2017
The change is proposed in three states won by Hillary Clinton.
Source: NYT
January 23, 2017
Every president since Reagan has won fewer cases than their predecessor.
Source: NYT
January 24, 2017
Initiated in the 1960s during the height of tensions between China and the Soviet Union, the 816 project was China’s first attempt to build a nuclear reactor that could produce weapons-grade plutonium without Soviet involvement.
Source: Forward
January 24, 2017
A new national study conducted by the Center for Research on Prejudice at the University of Warsaw finds a significant increase in negative attitudes toward Jews since 2014.
Source: The Hill
January 24, 2017
The iconic book, published nearly 70 years ago, is the sixth best-selling book on Amazon as of Tuesday morning.
