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: Tablet Magazine
Nov 16, 2016
A discussion of the past serves as a proxy for political differences in the present.
Source: FiveThirtyEight
Nov 16, 2016
Parties rarely spend long periods completely shut out of the national government, but it has happened a few times.
Source: Reuters
Nov 16, 2016
The American Museum of Women's History would close a gap in the U.S. capital, which has museums devoted to everything from space and spies to stamps and black history, but none focused on women, its backers said.
Source: NYT
Nov 16, 2016
Mr. Trump is hardly the first president-elect to preside over a disorderly takeover.
Source: The Atlantic
Nov 15, 2016
Here are some images from the 1860s when the current dome was originally built, some images of the recent restoration process, and a few shots of the newly-restored structure.
Source: Time Magazine
Nov 15, 2016
It goes all the way back to George Washington.
Source: NYT
Nov 14, 2016
On television, Long March soap operas, documentaries and variety shows abound.
Source: The Cavalier Daily
Nov 13, 2016
Some 500 students and professors have signed a petition against Jefferson.
Source: NPR
Nov 13, 2016
About 6.1 million people who were convicted of breaking laws could not cast ballots because of policies that keep felons off voter rolls, according to justice reform organization The Sentencing Project.
Source: NYT
Nov 13, 2016
Political scholars offering the “first historical assessment” of the Obama presidency gather to make revisions after the stunning election.
Source: The Boston Globe
Nov 12, 2016
“I’d compare Trump to Andrew Jackson because of both men’s populist rhetoric and xenophobic appeals." - H.W. Brands
Source: New Historian
Nov 12, 2016
Excavation of a newly-discovered grave site in central Tuscany dating to the Etruscan civilization has revealed the man interred within had been shackled around the neck and ankles when laid to rest. The 2,500-year-old grave is the first Etruscan burial of its kind ever found to feature shackles.
Source: Raw Story
Nov 12, 2016
Navarro — a 40-year classroom veteran and expert in Holocaust studies — said, “This feels like we’re trying to squash free speech. Everything I talk about is factually based. They can go and check it out. It’s not propaganda or bias if it’s based on hard facts.”
Source: USA Today
Nov 11, 2016
In an exclusive interview with USA TODAY College, Bruce J. Schulman, the William E. Huntington Professor of History at Boston University, weighs in on the realities of the Electoral College.
Source: Vox
Nov 11, 2016
Realistically, considering how big a lead Trump has, who the electors are, how their votes are counted, and hundreds of years of American democratic norms, it’s a silly fantasy that is just in no way, shape, or form going to happen.
Source: Time Magazine
Nov 11, 2016
The transition period is a notoriously tricky time.
Source: The Washington Post
Nov 11, 2016
It's possible that 2016 will be our own 1914.
Source: NYT
Nov 11, 2016
Archaeologists have found more than 40 vessels in the Black Sea, some more than a millennium old, shedding light on early empires and trade routes.
Source: NYT
Nov 11, 2016
She won by more than Gore in 2000, Nixon in 1968 or Kennedy in 1960, it seems.
Source: The Los Angeles Times
Nov 10, 2016
Americans mourning Hillary Clinton’s loss for historical reasons can look to several victories for female politicians Tuesday that would have probably made Susan B. Anthony proud.
