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: Smithsonian.com
Mar 26, 2019
“I was stunned,” says director Lonnie Bunch; historic Emily Howland photo album contains dozens of other abolitionists and leaders who took an active role.
Source: National Geographic
Mar 25, 2019
Archaeologists thought Elusa, a popular Roman wine center, collapsed with Islam’s arrival. Its trash reveals a very different—and alarming—reason.
Source: The Conversation
Mar 25, 2019
by Alan Avery-Peck
What do we know about his papacy and the environment in which he was working?
Source: NY Times
Mar 25, 2019
The tapes featuring Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and three of his accused co-conspirators were made between April and October 2001, prosecutors say.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Mar 25, 2019
“What would it mean to the psychology of this nation if the truce flag replaced the flag associated with hate and white supremacy?”
Source: NY Times
Mar 25, 2019
Remains buried in the First Baptist cemetery were believed to have been moved in 1860. But many coffins and bones were still there.
Source: USA Today
Mar 24, 2019
Each interview will be transcribed and available to search by keywords. Names will be kept private but ages and hometowns will be available.
Source: National Security Archive
Mar 24, 2019
The turnover of formerly secret U.S. intelligence records—the collection will include CIA, FBI, NSC, and Defense Intelligence Agency documents—will culminate a special U.S. government declassification project authorized three years ago today by then-President Barack Obama.
Source: Washington Post
Mar 24, 2019
Mary Bowser was a servant for Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond. No one suspected she was feeding vital information to the Union.
Source: WBUR
Mar 22, 2019
“Rich people have gotten their kids into college for, well, pretty much the history of colleges."
Source: Washington Post
Mar 22, 2019
Brenton Tarrant, the white supremacist suspected of killing at least 50 people last week in two New Zealand mosques, saw his murderous rampage as part of a morbid historical fantasy.
Source: Washington Post
Mar 22, 2019
Robert Mueller’s predecessors investigated Watergate, Iran-contra and Bill Clinton. Here's what recent those examples can teach us.
Source: History.com
Mar 22, 2019
Before the invasion, the Allied commander was at odds with air force officers and Churchill over a controversial plan.
Source: NY Times
Mar 21, 2019
The Six-Day War of June 1967 ended in decisive victories for Israel, which seized the Golan Heights from Syria.
Source: Truth Out
Mar 21, 2019
In Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism, author Nan Enstad reveals how the definitive moments in the expansion of corporate power took place through one of the deadliest commodities.
Source: The Atlantic
Mar 21, 2019
Many Istanbulites are concerned that the city’s plans for the future leave its storied past behind.
Source: NPR
Mar 21, 2019
"Truly, the clock is ticking. We need to meet eyewitnesses as soon as possible, before they are no longer with us."
Source: New York Times
Mar 20, 2019
Tamara Lanier is suing Harvard University for ownership of daguerreotypes of slaves who she says are her ancestors.
Source: Informed Comment
Mar 20, 2019
by Juan Cole
Slavery began in British North America in the 1600s. So it took longer than 150 years to abolish it. More like 200 years.
Source: NPR
Mar 20, 2019
Analysts expect Boeing to weather this storm. The company has certainly survived other rough patches in its century-long history.
