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: The Conversation
Oct 24, 2019
by Paul Freedman
When was it decided that women prefer some types of food – yogurt with fruit, salads and white wine – while men are supposed to gravitate to chili, steak and bacon?
Source: NY Times
Oct 24, 2019
The removal of the dictator’s remains from a basilica near Madrid, weeks before a national election in Spain, was denounced by some for stirring painful memories.
Source: Time
Oct 24, 2019
For the 90th anniversary of Black Thursday, TIME spoke to financial historian Richard Sylla, a Professor Emeritus of Economics and the former Henry Kaufman Professor of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets at New York University Stern School of Business and Chairman of the board of the Museum of American Finance in New York City.
Oct 24, 2019
Writing and reporting history still requires documenting the trail of reason to the conclusions.
Source: NY Times
Oct 23, 2019
The filmmakers pored over books, documents and other research to remind viewers of the woman behind the often distorted legend.
Source: The Conversation
Oct 23, 2019
by Bridget Marshall
Seventy-eight percent of the people executed for witchcraft in New England in the late 17th and early 18th centuries were women.
Source: Quartz
Oct 23, 2019
Activists and experts in the field sometimes call this gender gap in statues a marble or bronze ceiling.
Source: Vice
Oct 22, 2019
by Edward Ongweso Jr
University of Oxford researchers are using machine learning to help make ancient text restoration less tedious.
Source: The Conversation
Oct 22, 2019
by Christopher R. Moore
What kicked off the Earth’s rapid cooling 12,800 years ago?
Source: 60 Minutes
Oct 20, 2019
Copies of a letter written by Christopher Columbus describing his first impressions of the Americas have become so rare and valuable, they're being stolen and replaced with forgeries at some of the world's most prestigious libraries.
Source: Time
Oct 18, 2019
by James Stavridis
Sailors often have a unique opportunity to chart a course toward a good character.
Source: USA Today
Oct 17, 2019
The articles explore the different ways the legacy of slavery has shaped America.
Source: CNN
Oct 17, 2019
How does a Smithsonian museum get established? The process involves a lot of time and a lot of legislation.
Source: Washington Post
Oct 17, 2019
by Gillian Brockell
The Maryland congressman, who died Thursday, had a scar on his face for the rest of his life.
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Oct 16, 2019
General Motors and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative contract deal Wednesday.
Source: Politifact
Oct 16, 2019
Andrew Yang says giving adult $1,000 a month is a "deeply American idea" dating back centuries.
Source: Hyperallergic
Oct 16, 2019
The Museum of the Bible, founded by the owners of arts-and-crafts store chain Hobby Lobby, will turn over biblical fragments it had acquired from an Oxford professor.
Source: Washington Post
Oct 15, 2019
No, not Trump. Teddy Roosevelt.
Source: Vox
Oct 14, 2019
The long and brutal history of the US trying to “kill the Indian and save the man.”
Source: Washington Post
Oct 14, 2019
This year the District of Columbia joins at least five states and dozens of cities and counties in replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. It’s part of a decades-long reckoning with the sanitized version of the European colonization of the Americas.
