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, 2014
December 26, 2013 was more than Boxing Day -- it was the 120th birthday of Chinese leader Mao Zedong.
Jan 3, 2014
Sure, liberals might be disenchanted with Barack Obama, says Georgetown professor Michael Kazin, but then that's been true of every liberal president since FDR.
Jan 3, 2014
What options does the United States have in the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia? University of Texas history and public policy professor Jeremi Suri explains -- and clarifies his position on a possible pre-emptive strike on North Korea.
Jan 2, 2014
How do you write a bestseller? It helps if your name is Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly.
Jan 2, 2014
Richard R. John teaches at the Columbia Journalism School, where he specializes in the history of the political economy of communications in the United States. Here, Prof. John explains how network theory has transformed his field.
Jan 2, 2014
Yoni Appelbaum is a doctoral student at Brandeis University, and a columnist for The Atlantic. In this interview from the 2014 AHA annual meeting, he explains how he came to The Atlantic's attention, and talks about the future of digital history
Jan 2, 2014
by David Austin Walsh
According to an AHA panel, simply by doing what public historians do best: by building relationships with the local community.
Jan 2, 2014
History News Network editor David Austin Walsh sat down with AHA executive director Jim Grossman at the Wardman Park Marriott on New Year's Day to talk about the upcoming annual meeting
Jan 1, 2014
by David Austin Walsh
What to do and what to look for at the AHA annual meeting this year.
Source: NYT
Dec 31, 2013
A former North Carolina professor is accused of teaching dozens of barely existent or questionably led classes.
Source: Huffington Post
Dec 31, 2013
Melissa Harris-Perry apologized Tuesday for a controversial segment
on her show about Mitt Romney's adopted grandson, Kieran, who is black.
Source: NYT
Dec 26, 2013
One after the other, prominent university presidents and academic leaders have issued condemnations over the last week that emphasize the importance of academic freedom.
Source: New York Times
Dec 23, 2013
Mr. Eisenhower was an Army officer in World War II
and the Korean War and a national security adviser during his father’s
presidency.
Source: Harvard Crimson
Dec 22, 2013
The professor emeritus died in Cambridge on December 13 at 93.
Source: New York Times
Dec 20, 2013
Heffner taught for decades at Rutgers University.
Source: NYT Book Review
Dec 20, 2013
by George Packer
Most intellectuals are attracted to power, but none with less ambivalence than Arthur Schlesinger Jr., the brilliant historian of the New Deal.
Source: Christian Post
Dec 19, 2013
The "golden age of Christmas" never existed.
Source: Chestertown Spy
Dec 19, 2013
Robert Fallaw taught at the Maryland college for decades.
Source: New York Times
Dec 19, 2013
The historian taught for decades at Yale University.
Source: Stanford University News
Dec 18, 2013
Professor Allyson Hobbs uncovers stories long kept hidden: those of African Americans who passed as white.
