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: The Conversation
Jan 11, 2018
By correcting these 10 myths of the great influenza pandemic of 1918, we can better understand what actually happened and learn how to prevent and mitigate such disasters in the future.
Source: Newsweek
Jan 11, 2018
The data published last week by the Pew Research Center shows that Islam will surpass Judaism as the second biggest religion in the country, behind Christianity, within two decades.
Source: The Washington Post
Jan 10, 2018
It’s where the GOP members of Congress were heading when their train crashed into a truck.
Source: NYT
Jan 10, 2018
The idea, proposed by Sawsan Chebli, a Berlin state legislator of Palestinian heritage, received a significant boost on Wednesday when the leaders of Germany’s Central Council of Jews and the far larger World Jewish Congress agreed with her.
Source: History channel
Jan 10, 2018
The explanation? Medieval churches used witch hunts to gain more followers.
Source: The Guardian
Jan 10, 2018
“It amused me and part of me thought, can people really be that dumb to be confusing these books?” Randall Hanson, the author of “Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945” told the Guardian.
Source: FiveThirtyEight
Jan 10, 2018
by Nate Silver
It may be the worst Senate map that any party has faced ever.
Source: Newsweek
Jan 9, 2018
President Donald Trump and Jews: Oy, it's complicated.
Source: WBIR
Jan 9, 2018
Why do people care about Dixie (the word) anyway? And what does it mean?
Source: WaPo
Jan 9, 2018
“It’s worse than you can imagine. Trump won’t read anything — not one-page memos, not the brief policy papers, nothing.”
Source: The Washington Times
Jan 8, 2018
The Obama Presidential Center will not provide the “promised development or economic benefits” to surrounding neighborhoods, the professors write and could cost more than $100 million in state funds.
Source: CNN
Jan 8, 2018
There is a renewed question asking why the most powerful man in the world is not required to pass a thorough mental health exam.
Source: History channel
Jan 8, 2018
Thanks to journalist-turned activist Lin Farley and the consciousness-raising efforts of the 1970s women’s movement, the newly coined term would not just help women give voice to their experiences: It would change U.S. law and life in the workplace.
Source: NYT
Jan 8, 2018
His approval ratings reflect political weakness despite good news on several fronts.
Source: The Boston Globe
Jan 7, 2018
Obama’s popularity is rising even as Trump is president.
Source: NYT
Jan 6, 2018
Proponents of constitutional monarchies argue they offer stability, and a study shows some possible economic advantages. Critics are far from convinced.
Source: NBC News
Jan 6, 2018
With hundreds of paintings, statues and historical artifacts at their disposal, the New York Historical Society is using the power of visual aids to help students better absorb the facts and dates.
Source: Time Magazine
Jan 5, 2018
The framers of the Constitution left voters to be the final check and balance on the president on this kind of decision.
Source: History channel
Jan 5, 2018
It’s not clear who Edgar Degas used as the model for the 1879 painting, L’Etoile, that depicts that tense moment. But it’s likely that she was a prostitute.
Source: The Hill
Jan 4, 2018
Jill Wine-Banks told MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes" that she believes she could bring a successful case against Trump, adding that there is "so much evidence" that Trump meant to obstruct the investigation into possible collusion between his campaign and Russia by firing Comey.
