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: Snopes
August 17, 2016
A widely circulated list of historical "facts" about slavery dwells on the participation of non-whites as owners and traders of slaves in America.
Source: NYT
August 17, 2016
The new editors of the magazine, Yanhuang Chunqiu, appear likely to remake what had been one of the few remaining outlets for liberal political opinion in China.
Source: Time Magazine
August 17, 2017
Is it 1861 or 2016?
Source: NYT
August 15, 2016
The American Psychiatric Association says such an assessment would be unethical. But many in the profession, arguing that this election is too important, are doing so anyway.
Source: Daily Emerald
August 15, 2016
“It got to the point where I tensed my shoulders every time I walked down the sidewalk.” — Law Professor
Source: The Los Angeles Times
August 16, 2016
When the Richard Nixon Presidential Library first opened 26 years ago, it was dismissed by many historians as more of a whitewash than a faithful retelling of his presidency.
Source: Inside Higher ED
August 16, 2016
In 2005, a court barred Vanderbilt from removing "Confederate" from the facade of a building, citing the terms of a gift. The university is returning the gift at today's value -- and will now remove the word.
Source: AP
August 15, 2016
Donald Trump on Monday painted the Middle East as an oasis of stability before Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state, arguing that she and President Barack Obama "launched" the Islamic State group onto the world.
Source: CNN
August 15, 2016
Milwaukee has the unfortunate distinction of being the country's most segregated city between blacks and whites, according to a recent study.
Source: The Root
August 15, 2016
A disagreement had split the family of Martin Luther King Jr. after his two sons thought that the icon’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal should be sold, while his daughter opposed the idea.
Source: The Washington Post
August 14, 2016
The story that has not yet been told is how out of character Clinton’s inflammatory Wellesley speech was.
Source: NYT
August 10, 2016
Two groups of experts generally agree when a gateway from Siberia to North America opened, but not on who used it first.
Source: NYT
August 15, 2016
by Nate Cohn
The NYT model gives Mrs. Clinton an 88 percent chance of winning. But history gives Trump slight hope.
Source: NYT
August 10, 2016
DNA analysis of ancient horse remains suggests that ambling horses arose in England and Iceland before spreading to the rest of Eurasia.
Source: NYT
August 11, 2016
A Trump supporter who had hung the flag near the stage was prodded to remove it and did so, unhappily.
Source: Newstalk
August 13, 2016
The group says Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas financed the operation.
Source: The Times (UK)
August 12, 2016
Emails reveal that she intended to refer to slavery as a tradition.
Source: The Argus
August 13, 2016
The photo shows a "blacked-up Minstrel group."
Source: NYT
August 12, 2016
A Russian governor plans to erect a statue to honor the notorious czar, but many in his region are not impressed.
Source: Historians Against Slavery
June 6, 2016
“Mapping Memories of Enslavement,” a project whose website has just launched, hopes to facilitate the analysis and commemoration of this history and its continuing effects.
