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: Business Wire
Apr 22, 2014
"We are very pleased to welcome Niall Ferguson to our Board."
Source: Notre Dame student newspaper
Apr 22, 2014
Constable’s focus for classes and research included “interactions between medieval Christians, Muslims and Jews.
Source: AZcentral
Apr 22, 2014
"I'm on their side," Griffin, R-Hereford, told me. "The issues that were brought up were serious concerns. I just want to make sure those concerns are taken care of."
Source: Daily Nexus
Apr 22, 2014
“Basically, we’re trying to connect the past and the present because a lot of these Great Society programs that were implemented in the 60’s still exist in some form, but a lot of them are under attack now.”
Source: Not Even Past website
Apr 21, 2014
by Jean Cannon
Historians are discovering censorship in surprising places (e.g.: In the archives of the letters of Wilfred Owen).
Source: Diane Ravitch blog
Apr 21, 2014
by Diane Ravitch
Story after story has repeated the narrative invented by Arne Duncan, that the only opponents of the Common Core are members of the Tea Party and other extremists.
Source: PJ Media
Apr 20, 2014
by Ron Radosh
"Now, an even more important attack has been made on Rush, David Horowitz and me, and it comes from the so-called civil-rights organization, The Southern Poverty Law Center. "
Apr 20, 2014
by Victoria Torres
At a meeting of the National Council for Public History in Monterey, California, historians had an answer.
Source: NYT
Apr 19, 2014
The bulk of Ms. Wadewitz’s work at Wikipedia concerned biographies of women, particularly writers and thinkers from the era that she studied to earn her Ph.D.
Source: Daily Campus
Apr 18, 2014
“This seemed to us to be a very strange situation that we hoped to explore further.”
Source: Alabama blog
Apr 18, 2014
In his book, Feldman says that no one should have been surprised by the region's political shift and argues that the South was never solidly Democratic.
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center
Apr 18, 2014
by David Neiwert
Leading the charge was Rush Limbaugh.
Source: NYT Editorial
Apr 17, 2014
China is increasingly denying entry to foreign scholars to punish those who work on issues that Beijing deems to be politically troublesome.
Source: KSL
Apr 17, 2014
Two professors of history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sat on a panel with two atheist experts for a discussion to dispel misconceptions and seek understanding.
Apr 15, 2014
by HNN Editor
Meet Clare Corbould!
Apr 15, 2014
by HNN Editor
Limerick, Kerber, Zelizer and more!
Source: Daily Mail
Apr 15, 2014
The historian says that Benito Mussolini was Adolf Hitler's 'role model'
Apr 15, 2014
Eric Schlosser and Jacqueline Jones are Pulitzer finalists.
Source: The World Post
Apr 15, 2014
As a historian, academic and entrepreneur, Ferguson wants governments to start communicating clearly with people, urging governments to "Get real and stop talking in a language no one listens to or understands."
Source: The Daily Californian
Apr 14, 2014
Known for both his dry humor and inexplicable love for cats, professor emeritus Robert Harlan, who died peacefully on April 8, left behind a powerful presence on the UC Berkeley School of Information and the Bancroft Library.
