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 Verge
May 4, 2019
Germ Warfare: A Very Graphic History was commissioned by the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense.
Source: The Nation
May 3, 2019
His new play, The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda, is an extremely earnest attempt to show Miranda the many errors of his blockbuster musical.
Source: Not Even Past
May 3, 2019
For non-academics who want access to intricate innovative histories, this book offers a novel approach to the fields of gender studies and women’s history.
Source: Perspectives on History
May 3, 2019
by Karen Sieber
Her act of “tactical history” has provided tens of thousands of users with access to information that is otherwise disjointed and hidden.
Source: Washington Post
May 3, 2019
Lewis teaches art history and African American studies at Harvard.
Source: Keeping Democracy Alive
May 2, 2019
Berger went on the Keeping Democracy Alive podcast to discuss.
Source: Time
May 1, 2019
The Civil Rights activists faced violence in multiple cities in their fight for equality.
Source: The Nation
May 1, 2019
In Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Hartman recovers the forgotten “sexual modernists” of 20th century black life.
Source: Boston Magazine
Apr 30, 2019
The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian wants the nation to remember its better angels—and hopes his latest book might jog our memory.
Source: NY Times
Apr 29, 2019
Thousands of articles of everyday women’s clothing are being preserved in lockers in a college basement. But where, exactly, does their value lie?
Source: Standford Daily
Apr 29, 2019
Leaders from Stanford Libraries and the Press are now in discussions about how to “develop a sustainable business model” supported by its revenue, modest philanthropy and general funds allocation.
Source: Epoch Times
Apr 29, 2019
Ronald Reagan was a fan of Ibn Khaldun.
Source: The North Star
Apr 28, 2019
by Michelle Duster
Ida B. Wells was a pioneer of data journalism who worked relentlessly to shed light on the brutalities of lynching.
Source: The Guardian
Apr 28, 2019
From Pat Barker’s reworking of Greek myth to Anna Burns’s take on the Troubles, the finalists turn familiar stories on their heads.
Source: G&LR
Apr 27, 2019
by Marc Stein
Why did the Stonewall Riots occur when and where they did?
Source: AP
Apr 27, 2019
The film, a production of WETA Washington, aired Monday and examines the lasting social and political costs of the Korean War.
Source: Undark
Apr 26, 2019
In “Midnight in Chernobyl,” Adam Higginbotham offers a thorough and readable account of one awful night in the Ukraine and its consequences.
Source: The Nation
Apr 26, 2019
“The more I have read his writings, the more I have come to admire and respect him not just as an historian but as a person.”
Source: Time
Apr 25, 2019
For Joëlle Rollo-Koster — a professor of medieval history at the University of Rhode Island--Brienne has long drawn comparisons to Joan of Arc.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Apr 24, 2019
A company controlled by the couple says the archives are at risk after the recent bankruptcy of the magazines’ former publisher.
