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 Brookings Institution
Jun 22, 2015
by Ben S. Bernanke
"I must admit I was appalled to hear of Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's decision last week to demote Alexander Hamilton from his featured position on the ten dollar bill."
Source: The Scotsman
Jun 22, 2015
One of Tony Blair’s closest allies and political friends Lord Falconer has admitted he and Blair think the Iraq war was a mistake.
Source: NYT
Jun 22, 2015
by Morris Dees and J. Richard Cohen
Americans tend to view attacks like the mass murder in Charleston as isolated hate crimes, but many are connected to a broader movement, says the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Source: NYT
Jun 21, 2015
At 78, he has advanced legal equality for gays more than any other American jurist, making his friend Mr. Schaber, who died in 1997 — and who was, many who knew him believe, a closeted gay man — look prescient.
Source: The Daily Beast
Jun 21, 2015
When Dylann Roof discovered the Council of Conservative Citizens and was radicalized, he was tapping into a deep history of Southern racism.
Source: ITV
Jun 21, 2015
Islamic State has reportedly planted mines and bombs in the ruins of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, according to a monitoring organisation.
Source: Al Arabiya News
Jun 21, 2015
A group of curators from the UK will travel to Iraq, Syria, and Libya where they will work with fellow curators there to identify any items that could be rescued.
Source: The Guardian
Jun 20, 2015
A million and a half handwritten records compiled about newly freed slaves in the 1860s will be a treasure trove for those seeking to trace their ancestry
Source: KPBS
Jun 20, 2015
With 6,000 people dressed in period costumes wandering around the countryside near Waterloo, there were bound to be a few interesting incidents.
Source: NYT
Jun 20, 2015
Having for decades viewed antiquities as relics of feudal oppression and bourgeois decadence, the party now says art can “lead people to live a life abiding by the code of morality."
Source: NYT
Jun 19, 2015
Responding to Freedom of Information requests, the National Archives and Records Administration released a trove of documents and photos from Dick Cheney’s time as vice president.
Source: Washington Blade
Jun 18, 2015
The 30-minute film produced by Yahoo News and its chief investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff depicts a little-known 1950s-era campaign by the FBI and other federal government agencies to purge gays from the federal workforce.
Source: NPR
Jun 18, 2015
New genetic evidence suggests that Kennewick Man, an 8,500-year-old skeleton found in Washington state, is related to members of a nearby Native American tribe.
Source: The Post and Courier
Jun 18, 2015
While South Carolina has suffered a long history of racially motivated arson attacks at black churches, some as recently as the late 1990s, the state’s last mass slaying of this scale occurred 139 years ago during the Reconstruction Era.
Source: AP
Jun 17, 2015
James Buchanan, a Democrat who served one term just before the Civil War, never married. His niece, Harriet Lane, filled the first lady's role.
Source: New Historian
Jun 17, 2015
A recent research study, published in the journal Current Biology, has posited that the rise of religions such as Judaism (and its eventual offshoots of Christianity and Islam), Buddhism, Daoism, Brahmanism, and Jainism resulted from increases in economic development and better standards of living.
Source: The Atlantic
Jun 16, 2015
It’s the Griswold decision fifty years ago this month. It raised women’s incomes and expanded opportunities for their children
Source: NY Daily News
Jun 15, 2015
If Reagan could carry a gun, what have other Presidents carried with them?
Source: Slate
Jun 15, 2015
An Interview With Mark Stebbins, the Original Rachel Dolezal
Source: ITV News
Jun 15, 2015
"I find it extraordinary that we're dragging the poor Queen here to commemorate the second greatest humiliation in the history of the monarchy."
