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: Politico
Nov 19, 2020
University of Michigan law professor Richard Primus: Since Michigan's House and Senate leaders have previously declared their intention to respect the state's popular vote for Joe Biden, if they change their minds after a meeting with Trump it would expose them to credible accusations and potential prosecution for accepting bribes--crimes for which Trump can't pardon them.
Source: The Guardian
Nov 19, 2020
"Are you really listening to the science or are you listening to an industry insider, who is controlling the message?"
Source: The Hill
Nov 18, 2020
The Arkansas Senator warned that the "politically correct editors" of the New York Times are coming for Thanksgiving.
Source: Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
Nov 17, 2020
Natural language processing reveals huge differences in how Texas history textbooks treat men, women, and people of color.
Source: New York Times
Nov 17, 2020
"Mothers are the fallback plan in the United States in part because of persistent beliefs that they are ultimately responsible for homemaking and child rearing, and because of the lack of policies to help parents manage the load."
Source: Bloomberg CityLab
Nov 17, 2020
by Richard Florida, Marie Patino and Rachel Dottle
The noted urban theorist points out that assumptions about suburban voters haven't kept up with the changing demographic realities of America's suburbs, which house a majority of the population and differ from each other as much as they do from central cities.
Source: The New Republic
Nov 17, 2020
"The problem isn’t simply which horses a newly contrite Charles Koch chooses to back, but the extent to which his extreme wealth and his commitment to a system that enshrines the power of the rich has shaped the entire racetrack."
Source: Crosscut
Nov 16, 2020
Teachers are working to implement a 2015 change to Washington state's history standards that requires content developed with the state's native tribes.
Source: New York Times
Nov 16, 2020
by Emily Badger
Trump's focus on Detroit, Philadelphia and Milwaukee reflect the attempt to mobilize longstanding suspicion by many white Americans of cities and Black voters, not any significant changes in the vote in those cities since the last election.
Source: New York Times
Nov 16, 2020
For reasons likely including institiutionalized sexism, costumes have been a neglected part of the preservation of cinematic history. The new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures hopes to work with the late Debbie Reynolds's son to change that.
Source: Washington Post
Nov 16, 2020
Virginia state senator L. Louise Lucas, who is Black, was cleared of charges related to this summer's protests against public monuments to the Confederacy.
Source: Washington Post
Nov 16, 2020
by Jennifer Rubin
The Washington Post columnist argues that the delayed transition to the George W. Bush presidency in 2000 and 2001 limited the nation's preparedness for a terrorist attack.
Source: New York Times
Nov 16, 2020
Since the dawn of the 21st century, it has become commonplace for party leaders to talk of a rising demographic tide that is destined to lift the Democrats to dominance. The party should look at the defeat of California's affirmative action referendum as a caution that things won't be so simple.
Source: The Atlantic
Nov 16, 2020
"If we were going to have a right-wing populist in this country, I would have expected somebody a little more appealing.”
Source: Election Law Blog
Nov 16, 2020
by Rick Hasen
We are not talking three Hail Marys anymore. We are talking done.
Source: Places Journal
Nov 15, 2020
by Luc Sante
A four-part series of essays and photography examines the creation, maintenance and consequences of the reservoirs constructed to supply water to New York City, including the complex divisions and connections among urban and rural communities.
Source: New York Times
Nov 15, 2020
by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Ken Salazar
A former Florida Congresswoman and the former Interior Secretary present bipartisan advocacy for an American Latino Museum.
Source: New York Times
Nov 15, 2020
A recent excavation has produced the largest discovery of artifacts of the year at the Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara.
Source: The Guardian
Nov 15, 2020
A legendary Jamaican cricketer and broadcaster has recently gone public to share his experiences of racism and support current protests for racial justice.
Source: New York Times
Nov 14, 2020
Georgia's runoff election laws were instituted in response to a 1960s Supreme Court decision to eliminate the "county unit" system that had overrepresented white rural voters at the expense of urban and Black Georgians.
