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
Apr 22, 2018
Germany exerted a magnetic pull on Dr. Smyser, who spent time in the country as a young man, served there in the Army, held diplomatic postings in Berlin and Bonn, and eventually wrote one of the first comprehensive accounts of its political evolution after World War II — “From Yalta to Berlin: The Cold War Struggle Over Germany.”
Source: The Washington Post
Apr 21, 2018
by Max Boot
Kim hasn’t made the concessions Trump thinks he’s made.
Source: Informed Comment
Apr 21, 2018
by Juan Cole
Reason #1: Pompeo has openly stated that he intends to undermine the Iran Deal.
Source: New Republic
Apr 20, 2018
by Win McCormack
Some doubt the distinction he made in a recent essay that drew wide attention.
Source: The Telegraph
Apr 17, 2018
American producers feared "slightly creaky old lady isn't ideal for US TV.”
Source: New Republic
Apr 17, 2018
Re: Cuban Missile Crisis: "There are no indications whatsoever that we are moving toward that kind of extremely dangerous era of the Cold War."
Source: Pulitzer Prize
Apr 16, 2018
Jack E. Davis for "The Gulf," Caroline Fraser for "Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder," and James Forman Jr. for "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America."
Source: Salon
Apr 16, 2018
by Chauncey DeVega
"My instinct is that we are at the beginning of a new Progressive Era in American history."
Source: US News and World Report
Apr 15, 2018
He has been thinking a lot about the 1960s as he finishes up (hopefully) his final book on LBJ.
Source: NPR
Apr 15, 2018
Deborah Lipstadt says she was shocked to learn a third of Americans don’t know that 6 million Jews died.
Source: The Washington Post
Apr 13, 2018
by Elizabeth Cobbs
Women's work hasn't been hidden. It just hasn't been seen.
Source: Organization of American Historians
Apr 13, 2018
Among the winners: Linda Kerber.
Apr 13, 2018
What happened at the annual meeting held in Sacramento.
Source: NYT
Apr 12, 2018
by John Sedgwick
And it changes his perspective on the value of genealogy.
Source: Jewish Press
Apr 12, 2018
by Tzipora Baitch
Rashke is the author of the book on Sobibor that was made into a movie that garnered worldwide attention.
Source: Publishers Weekly
Apr 11, 2018
Historian John Fea on faith, fear, and politics.
Source: State of American History, Politics, and Civics (blog)
Apr 11, 2018
by Peter Feinman
A student at Columbia answered that it's wrong.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Apr 10, 2018
Here’s why it matters, as a story about Oprah Winfrey shows.
Source: Austin American-Statesman
Apr 10, 2018
by Cynthia Orozco
"The Texas State Board of Education must approve Mexican-American studies for Texas schools." – Historian Cynthia Orozco
Source: Salon
Apr 9, 2018
Troy says it’s not too late for Trump to change — but history will judge his enablers harshly.
