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: NYT
December 31, 2014
If the Census Bureau proceeds with a recently released plan, then in a few years’ time, we will know very little about how the contours of family life are changing.
Source: National Geographic
November 10, 2014
In an ancient burial site in Alaska, researchers find hints of cultural links between the New World and eastern Asia.
Source: Deseret News
December 30, 2014
Government officials from the country's Ministry of Culture determined the film was tainted by historical mistakes.
Source: New Historian
December 31, 2014
It will soon be possible to view this dungeon online, as a part of a project to digitally as well as physically restore the castle.
Source: New Historian
December 31, 2014
Located in the hills surrounding the Austrian town of St. Georgen an der Gusen, the vast site covers an area of up to 75 acres.
Source: AP
December 30, 2014
He was one spy who left many others out in the cold.
Source: New Historian
December 30, 2014
An earthquake apparently destroyed the place, according to a new study.
Source: The Guardian
December 30, 2014
Johnson aide’s contention that civil-rights drama Selma falsely portrays the former president at odds with Martin Luther King Jr is “jaw-dropping and offensive”, says director Ava DuVernay.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News
December 28, 2014
The city is thought to date back 5,000 years and is located around the Nevşehir fortress. Escape galleries and hidden churches were discovered inside the underground city.
Source: NPR
December 28, 2014
The radium girls had a profound impact on workplace regulations.
Source: NYT
December 24, 2014
But now you can.
Source: FOX News
December 26, 2014
"Sons of Liberty," a three-part, six-hour series that airs starting Jan. 25, tells the back stories of the Founding Fathers and their furtive efforts to turn a colony into a country.
Source: NYT
December 27, 2014
Prompted by record low interest rates, the British government is planning to pay off some of the debts it racked up over hundreds of years, dating as far back as the South Sea Bubble.
Source: NYT
December 24, 2014
What’s now known as Bois Brûlé, or the burnt woods — scorched in four years of fighting — was forest primeval until September 1914, when the Germans came.
Source: New Historian
December 26, 2014
66 million years ago, there was an extinction event that wiped out Earth’s non-avian dinosaurs. A recent study by Princeton University has provided fresh insight into what exactly may have caused this dramatic event.
Source: NYT
December 24, 2014
In a city struggling to emerge from the shadows of Jim Crow, the release of “Selma” has stirred complex emotions as residents reflect on the past and future
Source: NYT
December 24, 2014
A team of scientists has published the biggest genetic profile of the United States to date, based on a study of 160,000 people.
Source: BBC History Magazine
December 22, 2014
2014 has been a great year for history books. Here, three leading historians reveal their favorites…
Source: Cleveland.com
December 23, 2014
"If our citizens and workforce are to compete and prosper in the global economy, they must have a strong foundation in world history and geography."
Source: National Security Arhcive
December 23, 2014
Los Alamos Scientist Once Advised a U.S. Sentry to Shoot at and Disable Nukes on West German Aircraft if There Was a Danger of Unauthorized Use
