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: The Washington Post
January 23, 2017
It’s an old trick going back to ancient times.
Source: NYT
January 23, 2017
“People still associate slavery with the South, but it was also a Northern phenomenon,” Eric Foner, the Columbia historian who wrote the report, said in an interview.
Source: NYT
January 22, 2017
The European police recovered about 3,500 stolen archaeological artifacts and other artworks, Spain’s Interior Ministry said.
Source: The Washington Post
January 21, 2017
The Trump book, which is heavy on photos and pullout memorabilia and bears the words “Make America Great Again” on its cover, contains a series of false assertions.
Source: The Los Angeles Times
January 20, 2017
Those same words galvanized a mass populist movement against U.S. entry into the war in Europe, even as the German army rolled through France and Belgium in the spring of 1940.
Source: The Washington Post
January 18, 2017
“Dramatic change” in Washington is hard to come by — as Clinton and just about every other “change” candidate has learned.
Source: NYT
January 17, 2017
We associate presidents with eras - and eras with strong or weak economies. But the reality is more complicated.
Source: The Washington Post
January 21, 2017
After working in the White House and helping Johnson write two books, Mr. Middleton became director of the LBJ Library in 1970, while it was still in development. He was director for more than 30 years.
Source: Vox
January 22, 2017
According to data collected by Erica Chenoweth at the University of Denver and Jeremy Pressman at the University of Connecticut, marches held in more than 500 US cities were attended by at least 3.3 million people.
Source: NYT
January 21, 2017
More than a century after the genocide of two African ethnic groups, a city that retains strong German ties is divided over the fate of a war memorial.
Source: AP
January 20, 2017
Islamic State militants have destroyed parts of the second-century Roman amphitheater and an iconic monument known as the Tetrapylon in Syria's historic town of Palmyra, the government and experts said Friday.
Source: FiveThirtyEight
January 18, 2017
While the public’s rankings may be fickle, it turns out that presidential approval ratings do a reasonably good job of suggesting where presidents rank in the longer term.
Source: The Washington Post
January 13, 2017
George Caleb Bingham’s “The Verdict of the People” from 1855, which historians say depicts public reaction to a likely proslavery candidate’s election victory, was chosen as the painting that will be displayed behind the president’s table at the inaugural luncheon.
Source: Boston Globe
January 18, 2017
Americans have protested incoming presidents throughout history, starting in the 19th century.
Source: US News and World Report
January 18, 2017
Bjoern Hoecke said Tuesday that the Berlin memorial to the millions of Jews killed in the Holocaust is a "monument of shame."
Source: Inside Higher ED
January 18, 2017
Arizona lawmakers' failed proposed ban on “divisive” college courses signals new criticism of white studies. Similar courses -- though common -- have become controversial elsewhere. Those who teach them say the classes are being distorted.
Source: The Washington Post
January 17, 2017
Historians say LePage is wrong about Jim Crow laws, which legalized racial segregation.
Source: Newsweek
January 17, 2017
Thousands of people are expected to descend on the nation’s capital on Friday, in what is shaping up to be the least benign presidential inaugural ceremony in American history.
Source: The Daily Beast
January 16, 2017
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is calling it quits this year after more than a century in show business, but few know the racist fraud that launched P.T. Barnum’s career.
Source: US News and World Report
December 17, 2008
Many presidents found that their predecessors could be less than gracious during the ceremonies.
