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: USC News
Nov 13, 2014
Iranian studies expert Rudi Matthee says the presiding sentiment in Iran is, “The world needs Iran more than Iran needs the world.”
Source: DELFI
Nov 12, 2014
Events in Ukraine have no effect on what Russia does or says, because its propaganda is not based on reality but on pushing Europe’s sensitive buttons.
Source: AHA Perspectives (Click for color graphs).
Nov 12, 2014
The history major is not in decline across the board.
Source: Network of Concerned Historians, where you can find steps to take action.
Nov 12, 2014
by Antoon De Baets
PEN International Writers in Prison Committee reports today that the Paraguayan writer Nelson Aguilera was sentenced to 30 months in prison for alleged plagiarism in 2013.
Source: Politico
Nov 11, 2014
On the list are books by Carter, Hoover, Jefferson, Ike, and Grant
Source: Raw Story
Nov 11, 2014
Apparently hoping to derail King’s acceptance of the Nobel Prize, J. Edgar Hoover had one of his deputies, William Sullivan, write a smear letter to King.
Source: AHA
Nov 10, 2014
This panel will bring together historians from all sides to critique McPherson’s work and discuss new trends and changes in Civil War scholarship.
Source: RT
Nov 10, 2014
If the West wants to be “honest,” it should recognize, that it made a “mistake,” he said of the course of action the US and the EU adopted in the Ukrainian conflict.
Source: West Virginia MetroNews Network
Nov 10, 2014
Clio, named after the ancient Greek muse of history, uses your present location to guide you to landmarks, museums and historic sites. Currently, there are 4,000 Clio entries nationwide.
Source: The Root
Nov 10, 2014
by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Not that long ago, lest we forget, the prevailing opinion in this country was that black people had no history.
Source: Historiann (blog)
Nov 9, 2014
by Ann Little
"Advertising jobs nationally is now standard practice, and it’s been made even easier because of the internet. I say let’s take it all the way, and let the internet help us conduct the first-round interviews as well."
Source: The Washington Post
Nov 6, 2014
by Charles Lane
To understand what happened in Jefferson County, you have to understand what happened next door in Douglas County, a heavily Republican suburb, over the last few years.
Source: NYT
Nov 6, 2014
The authors Robert A. Caro, Paul Auster and Jane Smiley, whose annotated first editions will be auctioned off at Christie’s, reflect on the process of revisiting their past works.
Source: The Daily Beast
Nov 6, 2014
by Scott Porch
In the run up to the election of 1860 he even bought a newspaper to influence German voters.
Source: Harvard Gazette
Nov 6, 2014
On New Year’s Day, Darnton found himself celebrating among hundreds atop a section of the wall near the Reichstag.
Source: New Jersey On-Line
Nov 5, 2014
Price was stricken over the weekend while attending a film festival at Rutgers. He was 69.
Source: Harvard
Nov 4, 2014
Her latest book peels back the curtain on the history of the most famous female superhero Wonder Woman, created in 1941.
Source: Sandbox (blog)
Nov 3, 2014
by Martin Kramer
Even the Obama adminsitration seems to agree, cutting funding by 40%.
Source: National Institutes of Health
Nov 3, 2014
Want a glimpse into the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM’s) massive history of medicine collections that encompass millions of items spanning 10 centuries?
Nov 2, 2014
by Julio Cesar Pino
"I say most of you study Latin America for the same reason Eichmann learned Hebrew."
