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: Chronicle of Higher Education
Jan 6, 2019
by Emma Pettit
New programs seek to track the careers of PhD's and learn from the data.
Jan 5, 2019
by Julia Brown
Director Sharon Grimberg discusses her new documentary "McCarthy," premiering on American Experience January 6, 2020.
Source: Daily Beast
Jan 5, 2019
This true story shows just how much we depend on the bravery of the few to right the wrongs of the many.
Source: NPR
Jan 5, 2019
As Hollywood continues to struggle with the underrepresentation of women behind the camera, most people have forgotten that 100 years ago, one woman ruled.
Source: The Guardian
Jan 5, 2019
A new biography reveals the Marxist intellectual asked the author why MI5 man in A Perfect Spy had a name so like his own.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
Jan 4, 2019
A recent paper by the Stanford History Education Group suggests students don’t learn critical thinking in undergraduate history courses -- a challenge to history’s sales pitch that its graduates are finely tuned critical thinkers.
Source: NYT
Jan 4, 2019
Rosalyn Terborg-Penn's writing recalled how the racial split between white and black suffragists became glaringly obvious in 1913 when black participants in a Washington protest march were ordered to walk at the rear.
Source: CBS News
Jan 4, 2019
"What is character?...It's being able to create a team of people who may be stronger and smarter than you are, but you're going to use them," Goodwin said.
Source: Smithsonian.com
Jan 4, 2019
In “How to Hide an Empire,” Daniel Immerwahr explores America far beyond the borders of the Lower 48
Source: Chicago Sun Times
Jan 3, 2019
Beginning Tuesday, public colleges and universities throughout the state must offer a course studying black history.
Source: Simon and Schuster (Special to HNN)
Jan 2, 2019
An interview with Andrew Nagorski, the author of "The Nazi Hunters."
Source: Daniel Pipes Blog
Dec 31, 2018
In an interview he chalked up the decision to impulsiveness.
Source: CBS – Face the Nation
Dec 30, 2018
The Harvard historian says we're trapped in polarized politics that began in the 1970s.
Dec 29, 2018
by Kyla Sommers
Kyla shares her excitement to continue Rick Shenkman's mission for HNN.
Source: Politico
Dec 28, 2018
16 top historians predict the future.
Dec 28, 2018
by HNN Staff
These five articles published in 2018 drew more hits than any others on HNN.
Source: Washington Post
Dec 27, 2018
by David S. Anderson
With its dubious claims, “Legends of the Lost” sits amid a problematic world of television shows, books and websites that promote pseudoarchaeological claims that produce an image of the past that their authors wish to see, rather than one supported by the thorough analysis of all relevant information.
Source: Simon and Schuster (Special to HNN)
Dec 27, 2018
An interview with Patricia O’Toole, the author of "The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made."
Source: American Historical Association website
Dec 27, 2018
The American Historical Association received a $1.65 million grant to study the problem.
Source: BBC
Dec 26, 2018
In the 1990s she became one of the most unlikely television stars.
