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: Clio and the Contemporary
Jan 7, 2022
by William Horne
A syllabus for a course addressing the relationship of extralegal violence and institutional defenses of white supremacy in American history.
Source: BoingBoing
Jan 7, 2022
The worst-case scenario for 2024 is pretty bad, according to the Yale historian of European fascism.
Source: CSPAN
Jan 6, 2022
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden moderates a discussion between historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham, as well as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, to "establish and preserve the narrative of Jan. 6."
Source: Public Books
Jan 6, 2022
by Diedre Lynch
Books by Dennis Duncan and Craig Robertson examine the history of indexing, filing, and other technologies for locating information in books and the resultant culture of research.
Source: The Guardian
Jan 6, 2022
“We have to retell the story of what happened on January 6, with all of the gaps filled in,” Goodwin said. “And I do believe that a line will be drawn.”
Source: Salon
Jan 6, 2022
by Kathryn Joyce
Religion scholars Anthea Butler and Peter Manseau offer insight into the convergence of nationalism and religious fervor that contributed to the widespread sense on the right that violence was necessary to thwart the great evil of Biden's election.
Source: The Editorial Board
Jan 5, 2022
"The Bright Ages" co-author Matthew Gabriele discusses the proliferation of medieval imagery in far-right circles and why it gets the history wrong.
Source: YouTube
Jan 5, 2022
Historian Kathleen Belew joins Hari Sreenivasan and Bill Moyers to discuss a new documentary, "Preserving Democracy."
Source: The Atlantic
Jan 4, 2022
"The anxieties of capitalism are not confined to the workplace. They have a long history of leaking into our free time," explains leisure historian Steven M. Gelber.
Source: Uncivil Religion
Jan 4, 2022
Historians including Kristin Du Mez and Matthew Gabriele contribute to a new collaborative project analyzing the flood of digital imagery associated with the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol and the election results.
Source: The Nation
Jan 4, 2022
by Samuel Zipp
Destin Jenkins's new book makes a case that metropolitan segregation and racial inequality trace back to cities' dependence on the bond market.
Source: WNYC
Jan 3, 2022
Editors Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer discuss the team effort by historians to attack persistent and consequential myths about the American past.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Jan 2, 2022
by Katrina Gulliver
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela's "Fit Nation" reviews the move of exercise from the fringe to the mainstream, while examining the ways fitness culture reflects social divisions in America.
Source: National Interest
Jan 2, 2022
by Jacob Heilbrunn
Christopher Owens's biography places Willmoore Kendall in the first rank of postwar conservative intellectuals and identifies him with the fusion of populism and traditionalism associated with the Trumpist right and the burgeoning "national conservative" movements.
Source: NPR
Jan 1, 2022
Marvin Dulaney, president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) says that the racial health disparities highlighted by the pandemic make this year's focus on medical pioneers and health advocates particularly appropriate.
Source: The Economist
Jan 1, 2022
"Russia’s supreme court 'liquidated' Memorial, the country’s most vital post-Soviet civic institution, dedicated to the memory of Stalinist repression and the defence of human rights."
Source: Washington Post
Dec 30, 2021
by Randall J. Stephens
"John Huntington convincingly concludes that Trump 'tapped into the government mistrust, racial resentment, and conspiratorial beliefs that had festered within conservatism for decades'."
Source: New York Times
Dec 30, 2021
by Timothy Snyder
Jonathan Gottschall's book proposes that human intellect is a captive of the structure of stories. Reviewer Timothy Snyder is skeptical of his case.
Source: New York Times
Dec 27, 2021
Spence taught for four decades at Yale, and published a number of popular and critically acclaimed books on the vast history of modern China.
Source: Jacobin
Dec 21, 2021
by Michael G. Vann
"Tyler Stovall should be remembered as a scholar who firmly believed that the writing and teaching of history was a political act. Throughout his vibrant career, he used pathbreaking research, critical analysis, and engaging lectures as weapons in the fight for social justice."
