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: NYT
Oct 5, 2015
Another landmark structure in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra has been deliberately destroyed by Islamic State militants. The building involved this time was a set of triumphal arches, erected in the second century.
Source: University of Vienna, Department of African Studies
Oct 5, 2015
Concepts of modern development aid have been inherited from Europe's colonialist era and thus have their roots much further in the past than has been thought till now. This is the outcome of a project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF whose report was recently published in the book "Developing Africa."
Source: KTRK
Oct 3, 2015
McGraw-Hill issued its apology after a Texas mom complained about the book her child was assigned in school.
Source: Huffington Post
Oct 3, 2015
The surrender of Ahmad Al Mahdi Al Faqi (Abut Tourab) by the Niger government to the ICC is significant because it is the first specific case brought before the court "concerning the destruction of buildings dedicated to religion and historical monuments" during an armed conflict of a non-international character.
Source: AP
Oct 2, 2015
It's been 25 years since the reunification of Germany. Now historians are piecing together (literally) scraps of paper that are part of East Germany's secret history.
Source: NPR
Oct 2, 2015
The discovery of a 1920 film about Native Americans shows us how they dressed and not how Hollywood says they dressed.
Source: The Brandon Sun
Oct 2, 2015
At a time when life could be harsh in the American Southwest, outhouses served more than one important role.
Source: Muckrock
Oct 1, 2015
J. Edgar Hoover was urged to meet him. He was then just 25 years old.
Source: The Washington Post
Oct 1, 2015
The Mormon church’s renovated history museum set to reopen this week features a small and surprising display about an uncomfortable part of the faith’s history that for generations has been glossed over: polygamy.
Source: Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD)
Oct 1, 2015
The Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) has released “Protocols for Safe Havens for Works of Cultural Significance from Countries in Crisis” to help safeguard irreplaceable works of art and archeological materials that are currently in danger of destruction
Source: CNN
Oct 1, 2015
At a campaign event in New Hampshire, Carson noted that many people believe a situation like what took place in Germany in the 1930's and 1940's could never happen in America.
Source: Pew Research Center
Sep 30, 2015
In more recent years, laws and presidential actions have been shaped by concerns about refugees, unauthorized immigration and terrorism.
Source: International Business Times
Sep 30, 2015
Iraqi Historian, Archaeologist And Syrian Museum Director Claim Jews Want To Destroy Arab Heritage
Source: Gawker
Sep 30, 2015
by Greg Grandin
The review was written by Andrew Roberts, who was Kissinger's first choice as authorized biographer.
Source: Africa is a Country
Sep 30, 2015
by Peter Cole
The American activist, George Mills Houser, was central to civil rights and racial justice struggles in the United States, and especially to liberation movements against colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa.
Source: Ancient World Online
Sep 30, 2015
by Charles Jones
A summary of the event at the Metropolitan Museum with a links to Morag Kersel's storify of the twitter stream on the conference, and to documents mentioned.
Source: Gizmodo
Sep 29, 2015
The island’s biodiversity per acre was “rivaled that of national parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite and the Great Smoky Mountains,” writes the creator of the Welikia Project, landscape ecologist Dr. Eric Sanderson, who founded the project almost 20 years ago.
Source: Think Progress
Sep 29, 2015
Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT), who serves as chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, promised to block all attempts to save the program unless significant changes are made to its structure to prevent the federal government from protecting additional land.
Source: NYT
Sep 29, 2015
Two recent claims by explorers have set off a frenzy over a legendary “gold train” and other possible valuables left behind in World War II.
Source: ARCABlog
Sep 29, 2015
The latest showed up at Christie’s in London.
