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: ProPublica
Jun 5, 2020
Merritt Corrigan, USAID’s new deputy White House liaison, has condemned the “tyrannical LGBT agenda” and celebrated Hungary’s right-wing prime minister as “the shining champion of Western civilization.”
Source: The Dispatch
Jun 4, 2020
The iconic DC restaurant "became a safe and neutral space for people to meet when things were really hot elsewhere in the city,” says co-founder Virginia Ali.
Source: The Atlantic
Jun 4, 2020
Elected officials instinctively turn to studying problems rather than solving them.
Source: Washington Post
Jun 4, 2020
The author argues that movies and TV have shaped Americans' view of policing with dangerous real-world consequences.
Source: Washington Post
Jun 4, 2020
by Condoleezza Rice
The Republican former Secretary of State calls for an end to looting and disorder, but recognizes that order must be secured by a renewed commitment to justice.
Source: NBC News
Jun 3, 2020
Amid a backdrop of national protests, Birmingham isn't the only city faced with how to deal with what some consider outdated and racist relics of the past.
Source: National Geographic
Jun 3, 2020
As black people continue to die at the hands of police and vigilantes, the nation faces its long history of racial violence.
Source: MIT Technology Review
Jun 3, 2020
The evidence suggests body cameras and other technological solutions to police violence are inadequate because the police are protected against consequences even if their misdeeds are recorded.
Source: Vox
Jun 3, 2020
The MSNBC commentator's new book contends that Americans have historically been policed either as citizens of the nation or as colonized people, accounting for polarized experiences and opinions of police violence.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Jun 3, 2020
The Deputy Editor of the WSJ Editorial Page blames decades of failed urban policy, not "systemic racism" for problems plaguing urban communities of color.
Source: The Intercept
Jun 2, 2020
It is a historical fact that law enforcement frequently infiltrates progressive political movements using agent provocateurs who urge others to engage in violence.
Source: The Nation
Jun 2, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity for organized labor to fight for a more equitable economy and society, not just better pay and benefits, if the movement learns from historical successes and failures.
Source: Washington Post
Jun 2, 2020
Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson (D) said the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which owns the statue, opted to remove the memorial a month ahead of schedule because of demonstrations nationwide in which segregation-era statues have been vandalized.
Source: New York Times
Jun 2, 2020
by Jamelle Bouie
We should be aware of the past — we should understand the processes that produced our world — but it shouldn’t be a substitute for thinking. We are not them, and now is not then.
Source: Business Insider
Jun 1, 2020
Donald Trump in a 1990 Playboy interview praised the Chinese government's crackdown, saying it avoided signalling weakness.
Source: CNN
Jun 1, 2020
The official reason given by police was to limit risk of Coronavirus transmission.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
Jun 1, 2020
Anthony P. Carnevale, one of the authors of 'The Merit Myth," discusses his new book about how colleges admit and serve students.
Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
May 31, 2020
Research shows that many people feel they do not have the information needed to discuss race in a way that is candid, safe and respectful of other viewpoints and experiences.
Source: The Atlantic
May 31, 2020
by James Fallows
All of this is bad, and it's getting worse.
Source: NPR
May 31, 2020
Christo's works played off of their environment in cities around the world.
