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.
Jan 3, 2015
by Leena Dallasheh
To really understand Israel we need to remember it won its independence in a period of decolonization.
Jan 3, 2015
by Carolyn Eisenberg
Many historians share a common concern about Israel, but differ over what to do.
Jan 3, 2015
by Rick Shenkman
Here's what happened on Day 2.
Jan 2, 2015
by Rick Shenkman
Here's what happened on Day 1.
Source: lehighvalleylive.com
Dec 31, 2014
Donches and the museum have been under intense scrutiny since 2012 when a Northampton County grand jury began investigating the museum. While the grand jury investigation found no criminal wrongdoing, it called on Donches to resign or be terminated.
Dec 31, 2014
by Rick Shenkman
If you want to know what's happening at the AHA this year, this is the place.
Dec 30, 2014
by HNN Editor
Hess wonders: Could Nixon have been president in 1960 had Ike campaigned vigorously for him?
Dec 29, 2014
by Rick Shenkman
One criticizes Israel for allegedly violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights "by refusing to allow students from Gaza to travel in order to pursue higher education abroad, and even at West Bank universities."
Source: The Eagle
Dec 28, 2014
Carlos Blanton hopes his new biography will put the scholar on the map for not just for students of Mexican-American history, but for dozens of other topics Sanchez influenced.
Source: The Tennessean
Dec 26, 2014
Terry Maggert’s first short horror piece hit No. 1 in fantasy on Amazon just a few months ago, getting a whopping 6,000 downloads in one day.
Source: Sandbox (blog)
Dec 26, 2014
by Martin Kramer
So Kramer decided to let them know.
Source: NYT
Dec 24, 2014
Mr. Mabee, a history professor, won a Pulitzer Prize 70 years ago for his unsparing biography of the inventor and painter Samuel F. B. Morse.
Source: NYT
Dec 24, 2014
The Times takes clothiers to task for exploiting workers in textile factories.
Source: Perspectives (American Historical Association)
Dec 24, 2014
by Allen Mikaelian
Full-time workers who held a terminal bachelor’s degree in US history boasted a median annual salary of $62,000.
Source: Grateful American Foundation
Dec 24, 2014
by David Bruce Smith
Doug Bradburn has run the Mount Vernon library since 2013.
Source: The Blaze
Dec 22, 2014
Conservative historian David Barton has given away the money he won as the result of a $1 million judgement issued earlier this year.
Dec 22, 2014
by Edwin Black
He helped numerous historians gain access to archives people and companies (like IBM) wanted to keep secret.
Source: Fulton Sun
Dec 21, 2014
James Williams, formerly the director of the Albert Gore Research Center in Tennessee, was recently appointed as the director of the National Churchill Museum.
Dec 19, 2014
They’re upset he assigned a book on Israel by Alan Dershowitz and then asked students to critique it
Source: The Times-Picayune
Dec 18, 2014
Dr. Schafer, who earned a doctorate in history at Tulane, described what she did as "street history," said Margaret Keenan, a Tulane colleague. "She was looking at people that historians haven't always looked at -- slaves, prostitutes -- but who left records."
