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: Atlas Obscura
Sep 20, 2016
Cecilia Bembibre, a doctoral candidate at University College London, is attempting to preserve history like very few before her. She’s cataloging the smells.
Source: The Washington Post
Sep 20, 2016
Similar packages have recently turned up in communities around the country — from California to Kansas to New Jersey.
Source: The Poynter Institute
Sep 20, 2016
A federal court has rejected a Justice Department attempt to keep secret the testimony from a 74-year-old prosecution of The Chicago Tribune for revealing that the U.S. had cracked Japanese codes.
Source: The Guardian
Sep 20, 2016
Black men’s average hourly wages went from being 22.2% lower in 1979 to 31.0% lower in 2015; for black women the wage gap went from 6% to 19%
Source: Forward
Sep 20, 2016
The University of California Berkeley has reinstated a student-led course called “Palestine: A Settler Colonial Analysis,” after public outcry over its suspension last week.
Source: New Historian
Sep 19, 2016
Jane Haining was a missionary with the Church of Scotland when she gave her life protecting Jewish schoolgirls.
Source: NYT
Sep 19, 2016
Mr. Trump has said that as president he would “rip up” international trade deals. And there’s very little Congress can do to stop him, even if the result is a costly trade war.
Source: ABC News
Sep 19, 2016
A review of data since 1960 suggests that past debates have almost never directly and measurably changed the candidates' relative standings.
Source: The Guardian
Sep 18, 2016
Decades after it was first dreamed of, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, completed by British architect David Adjaye, opens this week. While the building is striking, its collection is more remarkable.
Source: NYT
Sep 18, 2016
Aging and often infirm and isolated, the remaining survivors require more help even as traditional sources of funding are starting to taper off.
Source: The Washington Post
Sep 17, 2016
In a town that once took considerable pride in its Confederate past, the Alexandria City Council voted unanimously Saturday to change the name of Jefferson Davis Highway and seek permission from the Virginia General Assembly to move a renowned statue of a Confederate soldier in historic Old Town.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Sep 17, 2016
Two centuries later, the National Park Service and the nonprofit that runs Washington's Mount Vernon estate now have exhibits showing that the first family's family tree has been biracial from its earliest branches.
Source: NYT
Sep 16, 2016
Appropriately for a public museum at the heart of Washington’s cultural landscape, the museum’s creators did not want to build a space for a black audience alone, but for all Americans.
Source: The Daily Beast
Sep 16, 2016
Some courts say too much time has passed for descendants to get back the masterpieces the Nazis stole. Families say no—and Congress is stepping in.
Source: The Root
Sep 15, 2016
A preview of the more than 3,000 artifacts offers a glimpse of the raw, emotional power of the legacy the museum seeks to honor.
Source: Politico
Sep 15, 2016
The 37th president’s renovated library could mark a new standard for honesty over hagiography.
Source: The Washington Post
Sep 15, 2016
“Get it or regret it!” read the description for a “vintage,” one-of-a-kind Kent State sweatshirt that Urban Outfitters briefly offered for just $129.
Source: NYT
Sep 14, 2016
Appointed by President Obama, Dr. Hayden is the first new librarian of Congress since 1987.
Source: NYT
Sep 14, 2016
A prosecutor is investigating the plaques.
Source: Google Blogspot
Sep 14, 2016
With 3D scanning, 360 video, multiple screens and other technologies, visitors can see artifacts like a powder horn or handmade dish from all angles by rotating them with a mobile device.
