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 Guardian
Nov 28, 2016
Friedrich Trump, a German, was issued with the document in February 1905, and ordered to leave the kingdom of Bavaria within eight weeks as punishment for having failed to do mandatory military service and failing to give authorities notice of his departure to the US when he first emigrated in 1885.
Source: The New Yorker
Nov 27, 2016
“No one was more at risk of experiencing violence and targeted racial terror than black veterans.”
Source: The Local
Nov 26, 2016
Ahead of the presidential election in Austria a Holocaust survivor issued an appeal - now going viral - to young people urging them to think carefully about who they vote for, to stop history from repeating itself.
Source: NYT
Nov 26, 2016
Researchers say they have figured out a piece of the puzzle of why a 2.3 million-gallon spill of molasses from a storage tank in Boston was so deadly, killing 21 people and destroying buildings.
Source: Sun Sentinel
Nov 26, 2016
"The most transformational event in the history of South Florida was the Castro takeover."
Source: National Security Archive
Nov 25, 2016
Declassified records recall official deception in the name of protecting a presidency.
Source: The Guardian
Nov 24, 2016
The ancient Assyrian city of Kalhu fascinated tourists until extremists set about erasing it because it pre-dates Islam
Source: Washington Monthly
Nov 23, 2016
In all but four previous elections, the popular vote winner also won the electoral college.
Source: Haaretz
Nov 23, 2016
'It seems as if the Poles wrote the statement and gave it to the Israeli government to sign,' says one critic.
Source: CBS
Nov 23, 2016
It will include a new visitor center built below the memorial in a spectacular cavernous space visitors never see.
Source: Constitution Daily
Nov 22, 2016
President-elect Donald J. Trump might have some unique decisions to make about how his business assets are managed as he serves in the White House, thanks to an obscure constitutional clause.
Source: Yahad - In Unum (Press Release)
Nov 21, 2016
“For decades, the commonly taught misconception about the Holocaust was that it was contained within the walls of Nazi concentration camps. This couldn’t be more wrong.”
Source: Inside Higher ED
Nov 21, 2016
Members of the Middle East Studies Association voted in favor of advancing a resolution to remove the word “nonpolitical” from the group’s bylaws in what opponents see as a prelude to a future vote on the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel.
Source: MyNewsLA.com
Nov 21, 2016
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeie said the residence symbolized “a home for many Germans who worked toward a better future for their country, paved the way for an open society and laid the foundations for common transatlantic values.”
Source: Mic
Nov 20, 2016
"This is a constant as part of our democracy. In a sense, presidents are being shadowed. They're being watched," Dallek said. "This is the way the job works."
Source: New Jersey On-Line
Nov 18, 2016
Published in a book titled "Scarlet and Black," the detailed report shows how intertwined slavery is with the early history of Rutgers, a common theme among America's colonial colleges.
Source: Time Magazine
Nov 18, 2016
The so-called Bobby Kennedy Law may get in the way.
Source: KABB
Nov 17, 2016
The Texas Board of Education has unanimously rejected a Mexican-American studies textbook that experts say is rife with factual errors and anti-Hispanic bias.
Source: Politifact
Nov 17, 2016
Is it possible to eliminate the Electoral College without amending the Constitution?
Source: NYT
Nov 17, 2016
The novel follows a young slave named Cora who escapes a Georgia plantation and, in a surreal twist, travels north via a literal underground subway.
