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: Politico
Jul 2, 2018
Forged letters from before his presidency claimed to show in his own words that he privately sympathized with the British monarchy and thought the American cause was doomed.
Source: Gallup
Jul 2, 2018
This is the first time Gallup has found that only a minority are proud of their country.
Source: History channel
Jul 1, 2018
The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, commonly referred to as the “court-packing plan,” was Roosevelt’s attempt to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court for every justice older than 70 years, 6 months, who had served 10 years or more.
Source: NYT
Jul 1, 2018
There are too many striking parallels, they said, between their treatment and the logic to justify keeping people out of the country.
Source: The Washington Post
Jun 29, 2018
But Kennedy’s may be unrivaled.
Source: Newsweek
Jun 28, 2018
One third of Americans think so.
Source: Time Magazine
Jun 28, 2018
GW appointed the most number of justices (of course). FDR’s nominees served the most years.
Source: The Guardian
Jun 28, 2018
Two damning reports reveal British intelligence’s treatment of terrorism suspects.
Source: NBC News
Jun 28, 2018
Legal experts told NBC News that the retiring justice rooted many of his key opinions in his belief that a "right to dignity" was protected by the Constitution.
Source: Smithsonian
Jun 28, 2018
For centuries, the people of the mountain village of Chambon-sur-Lignon have opened their arms to the world’s displaced.
Source: Smithsonian
Jun 28, 2018
In Nogales, Arizona, the United States and Mexico agreed to build walls separating their countries.
Source: New Historian
Jun 27, 2018
With an analysis of prehistoric animal remains from Germany, we can deduce that Neanderthals were capable of sophisticated and collaborative hunting strategies.
Source: NYT
Jun 27, 2018
The World Cup will depart Volgograd on Thursday after a final first-round game in this city along the Volga River. What will remain are all the echoes of the past.
Source: The Washington Post
Jun 27, 2018
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum unveiled the newly acquired Hill footage, which it says offers a fresh, remarkably clear glimpse into one of the great secrets of FDR’s public life.
Source: AFP
Jun 27, 2018
The amendment removes fines or criminal penalties of up to three years in prison for anyone found guilty of ascribing Nazi crimes to the Polish nation or state.
Source: The Daily Beast
Jun 27, 2018
More than 1.9 million enslaved Africans arrived in Rio de Janeiro, and thousands of them died upon arrival. One woman has made it her mission to remember them.
Source: Vox
Jun 26, 2018
He also knew calls for “civility” often serve to enforce the status quo.
Source: The Washington Post
Jun 26, 2018
A majority, 55 percent, see democracy as “weak” – and 68 percent believe it is “getting weaker.”
Source: Politico
Jun 26, 2018
Congress’ recent tax and spending laws — along with ballooning costs of government programs have jacked up federal spending in President Donald Trump’s first term.
Source: Time Magazine
Jun 26, 2018
The decision explicitly renounced the Korematsu decision.
