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: Newsweek
Nov 14, 2017
There is definitive proof of whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election — and it exists in the email inboxes of Jared Kushner, Stephen Miller, Hope Hicks and others.
Source: Iraqi News
Nov 13, 2017
Abdul Sattar Bir Qadar, spokesperson for the High Judicial Council, said in a statement that the court sentenced the suspect to death “Over conviction for taking part in terrorist crimes including the smashing of monuments in Mosul.”
Source: CBC News
Nov 12, 2017
The museum backed by fundamentalist Hobby Lobby CEO promises its goal is education, not indoctrination.
Source: NYT
Nov 12, 2017
Whenever Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or his cabinet ministers speak in certain parts of Ontario or Quebec, they begin by acknowledging they are on “unceded Algonquin territory.”
Source: The Washington Post
Nov 11, 2017
Twice Bao Tong rose within the Chinese Communist Party’s hierarchy, and twice he was dramatically cut down.
Source: AP
Nov 10, 2017
Refresh your memory. There are more scandals than you may recall.
Source: NYT
Nov 9, 2017
Not since the days of Mao Zedong has one figure so dominated Chinese life.
Source: Scientific American
Nov 9, 2017
War deaths have increased dramatically in the modern era, new research contends, despite other statistics that suggest the risks of becoming a victim of violence have lessened.
Source: Smithsonian
Nov 9, 2017
A new project from Northeastern University traces the journeys of 80 women who attempted to escape Europe and find new lives in America during World War II.
Source: Vox
Nov 9, 2017
In the mid-1800s, politics were indispensable to making friends, becoming an adult, and even getting a girlfriend.
Source: WaPo
Nov 9, 2017
The National Archives posted another huge trove of records related to the John F. Kennedy assassination Thursday, though nearly all of the 13,000 files are previously released documents that apparently contain fewer redactions.
Source: The Washington Times
Nov 9, 2017
Those who argue the song is racist point to a rarely sung and little-known line in the third verse that says, “No refuge could save the hireling and slave/From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.”
Source: History channel
Nov 8, 2017
The honorees are Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, whose statues will mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, with which many women won the right to vote.
Source: History channel
Nov 8, 2017
Recent polls have confirmed that Americans are feeling bitterly split.
Source: National Security Archive
Nov 8, 2017
Even Dick Cheney rejected the military option in the Bush I administration since it could jeopardize diplomacy.
Source: WSJ
Nov 8, 2017
Figure for U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan since 2001 reflects costs that aren’t in Pentagon calculations.
Source: USA Today
Nov 7, 2017
Elon Musk isn't the only high-profile figure concerned about the rise of artificial intelligence.
Source: CNN
Nov 7, 2017
In the 18 years since Columbine rocked America to its core, the country has seen so many more mass shootings that the attack isn't even among the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history.
Source: Forward
Nov 7, 2017
Over the past two years, Nazis and other white supremacists have been going through a series of dramatic makeovers.
Source: The Daily Beast
Nov 7, 2017
The movie will be released in December.
