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: CBS News
Mar 6, 2018
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, 89, is one of two living grandsons of President John Tyler, who was born in 1790, one year after George Washington was sworn in as president.
Source: Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
Mar 5, 2018
The National Archives said last week that it will gather tens of millions of pages of classified historical records from Presidential Libraries around the country and will bring them to Washington, DC for declassification review.
Source: NYT
Mar 5, 2018
History is full of movements led by students — albeit usually in college, not high school. Some were successful and others brutally crushed, but even the latter still resonate.
Source: The Intercept
Mar 3, 2018
An effort to refocus attention on Polish suffering, and away from the Holocaust, through a change to Poland’s anti-defamation law — has backfired spectacularly.
Source: The Washington Post
Mar 2, 2018
On May 3, 1994, Ronald Reagan and two other former presidents sent a letter to House members, urging them to support a controversial ban on lethal, military-style assault weapons.
Source: The Daily Beast
Mar 2, 2018
Probably the closest anyone has come to assassinating Queen Elizabeth.
Source: The Conversation
Mar 2, 2018
What can a modern-day Creole language tell us about its first speakers in the 1600s?
Source: CNN
Mar 2, 2018
Remember what happened after Smoot-Hawley?
Source: Smithsonian
Mar 1, 2018
Released 50 years ago, the infamous report found that poverty and institutional racism were driving inner-city violence.
Source: The Washington Post
Mar 1, 2018
She fears it will outlive her.
Source: NYT
Mar 1, 2018
Researchers assembled 5 million family trees using data from the website Geni.com to test several genetic and historical hypotheses.
Source: Time Magazine
Mar 1, 2018
For the work she did, which led to her becoming the first Chair of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, Margaret Dunkle is now one of the trailblazers honored by the National Women’s History Project for exemplifying this year’s Women’s History Month theme of “Nevertheless, She Persisted.”
Source: Time Magazine
Mar 1, 2018
“‘Nevertheless, She Persisted’ is really about every woman who really had to use her tenacity and courage to accomplish whatever she set out to accomplish. It’s universal,” said Molly Murphy MacGregor, executive director and co-founder of the National Women’s History Project.
Source: NBC News
Mar 1, 2018
The move would be the latest in a long string of staff shakeups at the White House over the past year and comes after months of strained relations between the president and McMaster.
Source: Pew Research Center
Mar 1, 2018
Wide and growing divides in views of racial discrimination
Source: Gallup
Feb 28, 2018
More than one year into Donald Trump's presidency, Americans' satisfaction with their national government shows no signs of improving.
Source: Newsweek
Feb 28, 2018
Donald Young, who is also a member of the NRA’s board, made the comment during a conference in Juneau last week in response to a question from Dimitri Shein, the Democrat candidate who plans to run against him.
Source: The Washington Post
Feb 27, 2018
A judge in Charlottesville ruled Tuesday that local officials must take down the black shrouds covering two Confederate monuments while a lawsuit continues over the city’s plan to permanently remove the controversial statues.
Source: The Washington Post
Feb 27, 2018
"Black Panther” taps into a centuries-old dream of an independent, prosperous black nation.
Source: The Washington Post
Feb 27, 2018
In 2001, a little more than a year after cutting a gun-control deal with the US government, the British conglomerate that owned Smith & Wesson sold it at a dramatic loss.
