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 Jerusalem Post
Feb 23, 2017
The appeal came in the form of a letter penned by Yad Vashem’s director of the libraries, Dr. Robert Rozett, to the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos.
Source: History channel
Feb 22, 2017
After Spanish conquistadors arrived in Mexico in 1519, one of the worst epidemics in human history tore through the once-mighty Aztec civilization.
Source: Roll Call
Feb 22, 2017
She’s the new Librarian of Congress.
Source: Newsweek
Feb 21, 2017
What had started as a chance meeting in a quiet museum would soon become a vital partnership—spanning oceans and war zones—to preserve ancient history before it vanishes.
Source: Smithsonian
Feb 21, 2017
And the museum’s dwell time, the length of time a visitor stays in a museum, is unparalleled—averaging six hours or more on weekends compared to 75 minutes to two hours for most museums.
Source: NYT
Feb 21, 2017
What criteria should we use when ranking presidents?
Source: The Conversation
Feb 21, 2017
Activists today are racing to save climate records from the Trump administration. Secret archives were a powerful way to fight hostile political climates throughout history – from the Nazis to the Islamic State.
Source: The Washington Post
Feb 21, 2017
First lady Melania Trump and Sara Netanyahu, the wife of the Israeli prime minister, toured the museum last week.
Source: WBRZ
Feb 20, 2017
Instead of writing about events in February in support of equality for all races, a white student wrote she was “unpleased” with having to write such a paper and continued not everyone is created equal.
Source: NYT
Feb 20, 2017
A digital sleuth has discovered an anonymously published 1852 serial novel by the poet, which survived in only a single copy of an obscure newspaper.
Source: NBC News
Feb 20, 2017
"I'm not giving up," said Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) who hosted a Capitol Hill briefing recently that drew activists, legal experts, scholars, politicos and community leaders from across the country.
Source: CNN
Feb 20, 2017
Hitler's phone, which was originally black, was painted red and engraved with his name and a swastika.
Source: NYT
Feb 20, 2017
Ford constructed an American-style town, which he wanted inhabited by Brazilians hewing to what he considered American values. He was after a reliable source of rubber.
Source: The Washington Post
Feb 19, 2017
A $35 million restoration project will bolster Monticello’s infrastructure but also reconstruct and showcase buildings where enslaved people lived and worked.
Source: New Historian
Feb 19, 2017
A new study has applied the remarkable insights it can offer to shed light on the enduring mystery surrounding the history of migration and settlement of the Americas.
Source: The New York Post
Feb 19, 2017
The Obama Center is due to be so expensive because it will require the construction of both a presidential library and a museum about the lives of Barack and Michelle Obama.
Source: Vox
Feb 18, 2017
The key insight? Humans took over the world by cooperating with one another.
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Feb 17, 2017
The main banner featured a picture of the collaborationist Kazys Skirpa modified to resemble Pepe the Frog, symbol of the Alt-Right movement in the US.
Source: The Washington Post
Feb 17, 2017
Dwight Eisenhower moved into the top five for the first time, moving up from No. 8 in 2009 and No. 9 in 2000.
Source: Political Wire
Feb 16, 2017
Famed Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein told CNN the Trump administration is trying to cover up its ties to Russia.
