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 Telegraph
Oct 31, 2016
Research suggests Van Gogh had learned of his brother Theo’s engagement on the day he decided to cut his own ear, December 23, 1888.
Source: Forward
Oct 31, 2016
The museum is asking the public to comb through libraries to find local newspaper articles and letters to the editors.
Source: Illinois News Network
Oct 31, 2016
St. Mary’s University professor Teresa Van Hoy said the leg of Mexican general Santa Anna that was captured by soldiers from Illinois during the Mexican-American War is akin to a freak-show exhibit.
Source: The Art Newspaper
Oct 31, 2016
Fourth tremor in three months brings central Italy 'to its knees'
Source: NYT editorial
Oct 31, 2016
Since 1982 the Republican Party has been under court supervision in connection with efforts to intimidate minority voters.
Source: National Security Archive
Oct 31, 2016
The agency had fought to keep the history secret for decades.
Source: National Geographic
Oct 31, 2016
For just 60 hours, researchers had the opportunity to examine the holiest site in Christianity. Here's what they found.
Source: The Local
Oct 31, 2016
Swedish tax authority Skatteverket has declared an official date of death for famed diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, whose end has been shrouded in mystery and debate for half a century.
Source: CNN
Oct 31, 2016
A new ad out Monday -- which features Monique Luiz, the same actress who at age three played "Daisy" in the ad for Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign -- is part of the campaign's closing argument against the Republican Party's presidential nominee.
Source: The Daily Beast
Oct 30, 2016
Donald Trump has warned that zombies might tip the scales on Election Day. They won’t—but that doesn’t mean that they haven’t in the past.
Source: USA Today
Oct 30, 2016
Although the term "October surprise" didn't come into vogue until the late 20th century, they've been a political reality since the 1800s.
Source: Jewish Currents
Oct 29, 2016
by Ralph Seliger
Scholars spoke at a NY conference on the medieval origins of the blood libel — the bizarre accusation that Jews murder Christian children to drain their blood in order to make matses for Passover.
Source: The Washington Post
Oct 29, 2016
The cheerleaders, representing Greenfield’s McClain High School, held up a banner after traveling to the game against the Hillsboro Indians that read, “Hey Indians, Get ready for a Trail of Tears Part 2.”
Source: History Extra
Oct 28, 2016
The 1956 Suez Crisis is widely remembered as a critical event in post-war British history, which helped bring to an end the era of Britain as a global empire and superpower.
Source: The Daily Beast
Oct 28, 2016
The venerable Museum of the Confederacy has gotten too PC for some die-hard partisans, so the Sons of Confederate Veterans are starting their own museum.
Source: NYT
Oct 28, 2016
Mrs. Clinton’s former landlord, now 97, recounts a road trip taken 42 years ago that offers a glimpse into the candidate the public seldom sees.
Source: ABC News
Oct 28, 2016
Placing Fred Malek's name on the theater that shows an introductory film about Nixon is "outrageous," Timothy Naftali, a history professor at New York University and former library director, said on Twitter last week.
Source: La Crosse Tribune
Oct 28, 2016
Sociologist Jim Loewen visited La Crosse to talk about his research into America’s centuries of racism and the cover-up by white historians of that history.
Source: ATTN:
Oct 27, 2016
Candy companies used to market candy differently to whites and blacks.
Source: The Atlantic
Oct 26, 2016
Amid continued accusations of police misconduct, the force must contend with a digital rehashing of a sordid chapter in its history.
