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: Newsweek
Mar 5, 2016
The ICC is deciding whether to prosecute Al-Mahdi for allegedly destroying cultural heritage in the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu
Source: Sputnik
Mar 5, 2016
Argentine human rights activists shame US President from country’s capital by reminding him of mass disappearances enabled by former US Governments.
Source: NYDailyNews
Mar 5, 2016
A clash between profanity-flinging Confederate flag supporters and counter-protesters during a Confederate Flag Day rally Saturday nearly escalated to violence at Pennsylvania’s Gettysburg National Military Park.
Source: BooPow
Mar 5, 2016
British archaeologists have discovered evidence of a previously unknown Anglo-Saxon island hidden beneath a barley field, a find they tout as one of the country’s most important in decades.
Source: The Orange County Register
Mar 4, 2016
The exhibit will feature a 15-foot-tall image of Air Force One, which touched down in Peking on Feb. 21, 1972, making Richard Nixon the first U.S. president to visit China.
Source: The Harvard Crimson
Mar 4, 2016
A committee tasked with re-considering Harvard Law School’s seal in light of its ties to slavery recommended Friday that the Harvard Corporation revoke the emblem’s status as the school’s official symbol.
Source: Newsweek
Mar 3, 2016
Climate change might have sparked the war in Syria, a study said last year.
Source: The Chive
Mar 3, 2016
A group of computer programmers created a Python script that analyzes dated from Wikipedia articles and ranks them based on length of entry, number of links to pages, and how long the person in the article lived.
Source: NYT
Mar 3, 2016
Al Smith, who in 1928 was the governor of New York and the Democratic presidential nominee, later turned on Franklin D. Roosevelt during the New Deal and warned, much as Mr. Romney did on Thursday, that Roosevelt’s liberal policies would lead toward totalitarianism.
Source: ESPN
Mar 2, 2016
In honor of Women's History Month, YouTube has partnered with the United Nations to highlight several trailblazers throughout history in hopes of inspiring female users on the site to create empowering content.
Source: NYT
Mar 2, 2016
Jeffrey Lord, a former Reagan staffer, and Van Jones, a former Obama staffer, butt heads live over Donald Trump’s handling of the K.K.K.
Source: New York Magazine
Mar 2, 2016
Previous guests include Holocaust deniers, KKK leaders.
Source: The Daily Beast
Mar 2, 2016
Mary Lou Bruner is one runoff election away from changing the curriculum for Texas schools—and perhaps the nation—thanks to the state’s outsized influence on publishers.
Source: Mashable
Mar 1, 2016
After being shown an image of Queen Elizabeth I, most answered with "no idea," while one man suggested "Queen Victoria?" Just a few centuries shy of the correct answer.
Source: The White House
Feb 29, 2016
"During Women's History Month, we remember the trailblazers of the past, including the women who are not recorded in our history books."
Source: The Daily Beast
Feb 29, 2016
The Donald today says the Gipper was a ‘great president,’ but his first foray into politics was spent ripping the commander-in-chief as an amiable dunce.
Source: National Security Archive
Feb 29, 2016
White House Aide Dick Cheney Spearheaded Editing of Report to Dampen Impact
Source: The Washington Post
Feb 28, 2016
In Queens, 1,000 white-robed Klansmen marched through the Jamaica neighborhood, eventually spurring an all-out brawl in which seven men were arrested.
Source: Haaretz
Feb 28, 2016
Ohio college will not punish professor Joy Karega for Facebook posts disparaging Rothschild family, claiming Israel downed Malaysian plane over Ukraine.
Source: NYT
Feb 28, 2016
President Obama has enjoyed less success before the Supreme Court than any president since World War II.
