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 Los Angeles Times
Jan 20, 2017
Those same words galvanized a mass populist movement against U.S. entry into the war in Europe, even as the German army rolled through France and Belgium in the spring of 1940.
Source: AP
Jan 20, 2017
Islamic State militants have destroyed parts of the second-century Roman amphitheater and an iconic monument known as the Tetrapylon in Syria's historic town of Palmyra, the government and experts said Friday.
Source: The Washington Post
Jan 18, 2017
“Dramatic change” in Washington is hard to come by — as Clinton and just about every other “change” candidate has learned.
Source: FiveThirtyEight
Jan 18, 2017
While the public’s rankings may be fickle, it turns out that presidential approval ratings do a reasonably good job of suggesting where presidents rank in the longer term.
Source: Boston Globe
Jan 18, 2017
Americans have protested incoming presidents throughout history, starting in the 19th century.
Source: US News and World Report
Jan 18, 2017
Bjoern Hoecke said Tuesday that the Berlin memorial to the millions of Jews killed in the Holocaust is a "monument of shame."
Source: Inside Higher ED
Jan 18, 2017
Arizona lawmakers' failed proposed ban on “divisive” college courses signals new criticism of white studies. Similar courses -- though common -- have become controversial elsewhere. Those who teach them say the classes are being distorted.
Source: NYT
Jan 17, 2017
We associate presidents with eras - and eras with strong or weak economies. But the reality is more complicated.
Source: The Washington Post
Jan 17, 2017
Historians say LePage is wrong about Jim Crow laws, which legalized racial segregation.
Source: Newsweek
Jan 17, 2017
Thousands of people are expected to descend on the nation’s capital on Friday, in what is shaping up to be the least benign presidential inaugural ceremony in American history.
Source: The Daily Beast
Jan 16, 2017
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is calling it quits this year after more than a century in show business, but few know the racist fraud that launched P.T. Barnum’s career.
Source: NYT
Jan 16, 2017
King's birthday falls within days of the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, an awkward time for towns like Lexington, which celebrates all three.
Source: NYT
Jan 16, 2017
In an interview seven days before leaving office, Mr. Obama talked about the role books have played during his presidency and throughout his life.
Source: CNBC
Jan 15, 2017
A new poll from Gallup shows that just 44 percent of Americans approve of his presidential transition efforts while 51 percent disapprove.
Source: ABC News
Jan 15, 2017
Trump is expected to visit the museum sometime after he assumes office, the sources say.
Source: The Columbus Dispatch
Jan 15, 2017
In 22 counties — exactly a quarter of Ohio’s total — Trump rolled up the largest percentage of any Republican ever. Yes, that’s since 1856.
Source: The Washington Post
Jan 13, 2017
George Caleb Bingham’s “The Verdict of the People” from 1855, which historians say depicts public reaction to a likely proslavery candidate’s election victory, was chosen as the painting that will be displayed behind the president’s table at the inaugural luncheon.
Source: Forward
Jan 13, 2017
The remains of Dr. Josef Mengele, the Nazi leader who was known as the “Angel of Death” for his torturous experiments on prisoners, are now being used to teach medical students at a Brazilian university.
Source: ABC News
Jan 13, 2017
Across China, a retrograde strain of populist nationalism is gaining strength as the ruling Communist Party intensifies its control over history and ideology.
Source: NYT
Jan 13, 2017
That film image of Ms. Monroe’s skirt rising high in a gust of air? It’s a reshoot of a discarded and more risqué scene seldom seen until now.
