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: NYT
Jul 24, 2018
The Stapleton neighborhood in Denver, Colo., takes its name from Benjamin Stapleton, a member of the Ku Klux Klan who served as Denver’s mayor for five terms. Stapleton’s great-grandson, Walker Stapleton, is the Republican candidate for governor.
Source: The Conversation
Jul 23, 2018
by Matthew Bowman
Revisiting the story of the Mormon settlement of the Salt Lake Valley has profound implication for the ways the leadership of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today thinks about issues of immigration.
Source: Time Magazine
Jul 23, 2018
It will make Massachusetts the first state to respond to the possibility that Roe v. Wade could be repealed or significantly weakened following the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Source: Smithsonian
Jul 23, 2018
An emergency keel-block release suggests the crew did not panic, meaning they may have been incapacitated when the sub went down.
Source: AP
Jul 22, 2018
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh suggested several years ago that the unanimous high court ruling in 1974 that forced President Richard Nixon to turn over the Watergate tapes, leading to the end of his presidency, may have been wrongly decided.
Source: The Hill
Jul 21, 2018
A letter posted to the League of the South's website first reported by AL.com spoke of natural similarities between Russian culture and the conservative southerners.
Source: The Atlantic
Jul 20, 2018
by Julian E. Zelizer
In 1973, Nixon was confident the secret White House recordings would help his cause. That’s not how it worked out.
Source: Perspectives (AHA)
Jul 20, 2018
by Dane Kennedy
Historians, pro and con, debate the merits of Trump's protectionist agenda at a congressional briefing sponsored by the National History Center.
Source: CNN
Jul 20, 2018
"It was such a great feeling to see the police officer drag the despicable flag from the courtroom during open court. Great first day!" the judge posted on Facebook on Monday.
Source: Newsweek
Jul 20, 2018
“This is a real rare opportunity for us to listen and learn and take a stand against endless occupation, and for freedom and equality.”
Source: NYT
Jul 20, 2018
A first batch of documents related to the 1989 rape are likely to provide insight into how the high-pressure investigation took a wrong turn.
Source: The Daily Beast
Jul 20, 2018
The social-media titan’s bad PR continues this week, days after Zuck said his website could not censor Holocaust denial.
Source: NBC News
Jul 19, 2018
The Shinil Group says it hopes to hoist the ship from its depth of more than 0.25 miles within months — but not everyone's convinced there's a treasure.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
Jul 19, 2018
College Board backtracks on plan to begin the AP World History exam in the year 1450, saying it will now begin in 1200.
Source: BBC
Jul 18, 2018
The official history of Earth has a new chapter - and we are in it.
Source: Time Magazine
Jul 18, 2018
Here's why the presidential plane Looks the way It does.
Source: Time Magazine
Jul 18, 2018
Here's why.
Source: The Daily Beast
Jul 18, 2018
“I don’t believe that our platform should take that down because I think there are things that different people get wrong,” he said.
Source: The Conversation
Jul 18, 2018
by Ian Anson
Historic surveys reveal a deep, long-lasting and bipartisan dissatisfaction with the U.S. government that started over three decades ago.
Source: Smithsonian
Jul 17, 2018
Will Russia’s fallen royal family finally receive a full burial from the Orthodox Church?
