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: Times of Israel
Jul 31, 2020
“As soon as T.S. Monk listened to the recording, he knew right away that his father was feeling really good that day and wasn’t just going through the motions,” Danny Scher said.
Source: NPR
Jul 31, 2020
Minnie Forbes, age 88, is the last surviving owner of a Negro League baseball team, and worries that the full story of the league and its teams and players may go untold.
Source: ProPublica
Jul 31, 2020
Several stakeholders are interviewed about Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's decision to temporarily remove two statues of Christopher Columbus from public space.
Source: Vox
Jul 30, 2020
Speaking in honor of the late John Lewis, the former President said that the activist and Congressman's legacy demanded new legislation to protect voting rights, and that the Senate filibuster should be abolished if needed to pass a law.
Source: The Atlantic
Jul 30, 2020
There aren’t many historical precedents for such a move, but when they exist, they have been undertaken by politicians who are extremely well liked.
Source: Bloomberg CityLab
Jul 30, 2020
In his ongoing campaign to paint racial desegregation as a bid to “abolish the suburbs,” the president is pushing a vision of suburban voters based on a dated demographic reality.
Source: New York Times
Jul 30, 2020
by Steven G. Calabresi
One of the founders of the Federalist Society argues that Trump's call to postpone the 2020 election is grounds for removal from office if not rescinded.
Source: NPR
Jul 30, 2020
A series of interviews examines the ways that race and social class affect the ability of women to use motherhood as a source of political power.
Source: Politico
Jul 29, 2020
Conservatives have wanted the federal government to take control of crime in Chicago for decades — long before Trump got into politics.
Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Jul 28, 2020
A pair of new statues in South Korea of a man kneeling in front of a girl symbolizing a victim of sexual slavery by Japan's wartime military is the latest subject of diplomatic sensitivity between the countries, with Tokyo's government spokesperson questioning whether the male figure represents the Japanese prime minister.
Source: Washington Post
Jul 28, 2020
The lawmaker — who is a chaplain for the Prattville Dragoons, a chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans — attributed the intense blowback he’s facing to “anti-Southern sentiment” amid the country’s ongoing racial reckoning.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Jul 28, 2020
Homecoming, a celebration that has drawn descendants of the town’s post-Civil War founders for generations, moves online due to coronavirus.
Source: Current Affairs
Jul 28, 2020
Because American police have always upheld racial capitalism through violence, anti-racist public safety requires police abolition—and police abolition requires reparations.
Source: New York Times
Jul 28, 2020
In the 40 years since the program was established, no refugee who has entered the country through the resettlement program has killed anyone in a terrorist attack in the United States.
Source: NPR
Jul 28, 2020
For reasons that she explores in her new book, "Larger Than Life: A History Of Boy Bands From NKOTB To BTS", Maria Sherman says boy bands don't get the same respect as other music acts, especially their rock peers.
Source: Washington Post
Jul 28, 2020
Thomas Chambliss Williams served as superintendent of Alexandria City Public Schools from the 1930s to the 1960s. He resisted integration, argued black and white students learn differently and fired a black cafeteria worker when she joined a NAACP lawsuit compelling Alexandria to end segregation.
Source: The New Yorker
Jul 27, 2020
Activists insist that police departments must change. For half a century, New York City’s P.B.A. has successfully resisted such demands.
Source: The New Yorker
Jul 27, 2020
McCarthy never sent a single “subversive” to jail, but, decades later, the spirit of his conspiracy-mongering endures.
Source: Georgia Public Broadcasting
Jul 27, 2020
Judy Heumann and Imani Barbarin represent two generations of disability activists: those who helped to bring about the Americans with Disabilities Act and those who are now working to secure its gains and improve its shortcomings.
Source: WAMU
Jul 27, 2020
Longtime watchers in government and law said the environment today echoes the most chaotic period in the modern history of the Justice Department. Watergate.
