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: Philly.com
Mar 14, 2017
The union that represents the employees at Independence National Historical Park says the president’s hiring freeze on most federal jobs has forced the closure of several historic buildings and exhibits across the park.
Source: The Conversation
Mar 14, 2017
by Eric Lohr
Americans are shocked Russia meddled in our election. But there's centuries of precedent – and, at times, it’s been the U.S. meddling.
Source: The Daily Beast
Mar 14, 2017
Steve Bannon the college senior was a well-liked liberal history buff who adored Arnold Toynbee.
Source: Newsweek
Mar 14, 2017
The skull bears a mixture of traits—some link it to the Neanderthals, such as a fused brow ridge, while other features are representative of other extinct fossils in Europe, according to the journal Science.
Source: NYT
Mar 14, 2017
People with prominent collections and unsettled consciences have stepped forward to investigate what they own.
Source: Tablet
Mar 14, 2017
by James Kirchick
The book is "The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues and the Coming Dark Age." The author is James Kirchick, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Initiative.
Source: The Chicago Tribune
Mar 13, 2017
Prosecutors have asked a court in Lublin to issue an arrest warrant for Michael Karkoc.
Source: Haaretz
Mar 13, 2017
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin reportedly extended the invitation at a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in Jerusalem last week.
Source: NYT
Mar 13, 2017
The story of one of the slaves sold to help keep Georgetown afloat. (And we have his picture.)
Source: The Newsletter of the New York American Revolution Round Table
Mar 13, 2017
Millions are being spent on Hamilton artifacts.
Source: Politico
Mar 12, 2017
The South couldn’t stop the rumors. Can we?
Source: New Historian
Mar 12, 2017
The mysterious disappearance of the Clovis people could be explained by an asteroid impacting the earth thousands of years ago, according to a newly published study.
Source: YouTube
Mar 10, 2017
Thousands of artifacts had been safely removed before ISIS took over.
Source: The Telegraph
Mar 10, 2017
The quartzite statue was found broken into several pieces in the Matariyyah neighborhood of Cairo by a German-Egyptian archaeological team.
Source: Al Jazeera
Mar 9, 2017
Iraqi archaeologists say ISIL looted the museum before destroying it, but many artefacts were stored safely elsewhere.
Source: Press Release – National Park Service
Mar 9, 2017
“National parks reflect the stories of woman who were pioneers, innovators, and leaders; and we take our responsibility to preserve and share these stories with visitors today and future generations very seriously.”
Source: Think Progress
Mar 9, 2017
The administration’s trying to create a new reality through racist policies and dangerous rhetoric, say scholars.
Source: Time
Mar 8, 2017
TIME takes a look back at 50 influential women — specifically, women who ran for, were appointed to or married into a role in the U.S. government — who have helped define the history of American civic life.
Source: Time Magazine
Mar 8, 2017
The family of former Supreme Court Justice Roger Brooke Taney has offered a public apology to the descendants of Dred Scott on the 160th anniversary of the landmark decision.
Source: Huffington Post
Mar 7, 2017
“I think it’s very important to actually say that word, to acknowledge that something was done in these institutions.”
