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
Apr 11, 2019
by Saeed Ahmed Khan
Some of the earliest arrivals to this land were Muslim immigrants.
Source: Washington Post
Apr 10, 2019
The National Archives is restoring the color home movies made by Hitler’s girlfriend Eva Braun.
Source: Politico
Apr 10, 2019
The 45th president — no student of history — marveled at the first president’s failure to name his historic compound after himself.
Source: Washington Post
Apr 9, 2019
This is the first direct image of something theorized for more than a century.
Source: Smithsonian.com
Apr 9, 2019
An immersive story about the bold and diverse women who helped secure the right to vote is on view at the National Portrait Gallery.
Source: The Atlantic
Apr 9, 2019
by Dan Cohen
The question now is how to leverage its nature to make it maximally useful and used.
Source: NY Times
Apr 8, 2019
The memorial is dedicated to slaves and African-American workers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Source: The Conversation
Apr 8, 2019
by John Torpey
Does the United States owe descendants of slaves reparations?
Source: NY Times
Apr 8, 2019
Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost the 2018 race for Georgia governor, visited the Library Company of Philadelphia for a conversation on voter suppression with historians Carol Anderson, Heather Ann Thompson, Heather Cox Richardson, and Kevin Kruse.
Source: NPR
Apr 8, 2019
That line, our country is full, has a particular resonance for Jews.
Source: CNN
Apr 8, 2019
The bill, originally introduced by former Rep. John Conyers of Michigan and currently sponsored in the House by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, has emerged as a key issue for 2020 Democrats.
Source: NY Times
Apr 7, 2019
France has admitted mistakes in how it handled the killings but has always denied the accusations of complicity
Source: NY Times
Apr 7, 2019
Michigan spent five years debating how to teach American history. One of the biggest questions was how to describe the nation’s government.
Source: NY Times
Apr 7, 2019
Casimir Pulaski had male characteristics, like facial hair and male-pattern baldness, but his skeleton looked female. Researchers now believe he was intersex.
Source: Reuters
Apr 6, 2019
“I went - ‘BING!’ - it was done,” Trump said on Saturday, describing the swiftness of his decision. “We make fast decisions. And we make good decisions.”
Source: The Hill
Apr 6, 2019
The History Channel aired the fourth part of a six-hour docuseries called "The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen," a historical look at pioneers such as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett as well as explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and the Native American Shawnee chief Tecumseh.
Source: The Conversation
Apr 5, 2019
by Aileen Teague
If Trump ever follows through on his threat and puts up a closed sign at the southern border, it wouldn’t be the first time. Twice in the last half-century the U.S. has tried to use the border to force Mexico to bend to America’s will.
Source: NY Times
Apr 4, 2019
Prime Minister Charles Michel of Belgium delivered a speech last Thursday apologizing for the country’s actions toward mixed-race children in Central Africa.
Source: One Class
Apr 4, 2019
What the data can teach us.
Source: LA Progressive
Apr 4, 2019
by Walter G. Moss
How can a socialist provide a unifying vision, one that will unite U. S. citizens?
