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: Artsy
Jan 28, 2019
“We think of these nuns as imprisoned, but it was a very enriching world for them,” Linda Falcone told Artsy.
Source: Black Perspectives
Jan 28, 2019
by Crystal Eddins
Marginalized communities of color and nations of the Global South are generally most vulnerable to natural disasters associated with climate change.
Source: New Republic
Jan 28, 2019
What the education secretary gets wrong about workforce training in public schools
Source: History Channel
Jan 28, 2019
Well-trained, heavily-armored knights represented a triumph of military might during the Middle Ages.
Source: Bloomberg
Jan 27, 2019
Hampton Sides, author of a new book about a turning point in the Korea war, explores the state of the Koreas and Trump’s forthcoming visit.
Source: CNN
Jan 27, 2019
As awareness of the Holocaust declines, we have witnessed, perhaps not coincidentally, a surge in anti-Semitic attacks
Source: New York Times
Jan 27, 2019
“We were at war,” said the former militia member, Alexander Jones. “Black people in South Africa were the enemy.”
Source: CNN
Jan 26, 2019
"It reminds us of the need to remain resolute in standing up to anti-Semitism, defending historical truth and educating the next generation."
Source: Fox News
Jan 25, 2019
The starting bid for Washington's hair was $2,500 and the auction is slated to close on Feb. 1.
Source: Time
Jan 25, 2019
His long history with the Republican party.
Source: Time
Jan 24, 2019
The need to gather public opinion evolved out of an ongoing Progressive Era trend toward the use of facts and figures in the service of social reform.
Source: Process History
Jan 24, 2019
by Mara Keire
The Klan’s extensive networks of patriarchal power enabled abusive men to prey on women.
Source: The Conversation
Jan 24, 2019
by Jennifer Rich
New advances in learning about the Holocaust through digital humanities offer new ways for American students and teachers – or anyone who cares to learn more about the Holocaust - to learn about an event that took place nearly three-quarters of a century ago.
Source: New York Times
Jan 23, 2019
“This exhibit reminds them, and it reminds all of us, where anti-Semitism ultimately leads."
Source: The Conversation
Jan 23, 2019
by Marlene Daut
With “Black Panther” receiving multiple Oscar nods, it’s time to look at the closest thing to Wakanda that has existed: the Kingdom of Hayti.
Source: Education Week
Jan 22, 2019
Schools and other public structures that memorialize leaders of the Confederacy have gained intense attention and generated fierce arguments recently.
Source: Washington Post
Jan 22, 2019
What was the Green Book? For African Americans, its listings could mean the difference between life and death.
Source: Washington Post
Jan 22, 2019
The true story behind the Oscar-nominated film.
Source: The Conversation
Jan 22, 2019
by Julia Kindt
The Pythia may have trailblazed the knowledge economy millennia before the arrival of “big data” and the invention of the internet.
Source: Washington Post
Jan 22, 2019
Forty-seven years ago this week, Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.) announced she was seeking the Democratic 1972 nomination, becoming the first woman and first African American to run for a major political party’s presidential ticket.
