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 Michigan Daily
Oct 24, 2016
She argues in her book on Attica that the slow downfall and ultimate economic collapse of Detroit began with the crime law he signed.
Source: NY Review of Books
Oct 24, 2016
by Garry Wills
It’s who they’re friends with.
Source: The Spectator
Oct 22, 2016
The secretive Byzantine specialist liked to play games with people all his life — including Guy Burgess and most of the crowned heads of Europe, according to Minoo Dinshaw.
Oct 21, 2016
by Jennifer Freilach
We asked them to tell us what drew them to their subjects. These are their answers.
Source: Democracy Now
Oct 20, 2016
"There’s no individual predecessor to Trump, really, but there are precedents, and he didn’t just come out of the blue." -- Eric Foner
Source: USA Today
Oct 20, 2016
WETA, the PBS affiliate in Washington, D.C., has optioned the rights to "The Gene: An Intimate History," Siddhartha Mukherjee's expansive book on the human genetics, published in May, with Burns attached as producer.
Source: Haaretz
Oct 19, 2016
The Benny Morris of 2016 seems to be doing what he once accused the 'old historians' of doing – interpreting history and downplaying Israeli misdeeds in order to defend Israel’s legitimacy.
Oct 19, 2016
by HNN
Signers include Ron Radosh, Richard Pipes, Michael Burlingame, Thomas Mallon, and Max Boot.
Source: Organization of American Historians (Press Release)
Oct 19, 2016
Irvin replaces Edward T. Linenthal, who recently retired in July 2016 after serving as OAH Executive Editor since 2005.
Source: Foreign Policy
Oct 18, 2016
The party of principled conservatism, of promoting freedom at home and abroad, has become a party of conspiracy-mongering, authoritarianism, and white power.
Source: NYT
Oct 18, 2016
by Daina Ramey Berry
Returning these body parts to descendants, or at least granting them a respectful burial, will help our nation heal from the sin of slavery and its ugly afterlife.
Source: The Conversation
Oct 18, 2016
Compared to both the male-dominated STEM disciplines, and other social sciences like philosophy and political science, Australian history has been remarkably feminised.
Source: Slate
Oct 18, 2016
Why? The rules favor the two party system.
Source: Daniel Pipes Blog
Oct 18, 2016
by Daniel Pipes
He cannot vote for Trump, but would be satisfied to have Mike Pence replace him.
Source: NYT
Oct 17, 2016
His work has shown that religion was one of the most powerful forces in traditional Chinese society.
Oct 14, 2016
by Robert Zaretsky
Marc Bloch can help us answer this question.
Source: The Daily Texan
Oct 13, 2016
Brands has posted over 1,000 tweets chronicling past historical events such as the Dred Scott Case of 1857, the battle of Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the Watergate scandal of 1974.
Source: The National Coalition for History
Oct 13, 2016
On August 15, NCH sent a letter to NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr. urging him to provide the funding necessary to keep the JSC office open with the resources it needs.
Source: The Guardian
Oct 12, 2016
"A miserable and short-sighted decision."
Source: Moyers & Company
Oct 12, 2016
A writer about American culture reflects on Donald Trump and what his rise says about the state of American politics.
