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: Wired
May 2, 2021
Writer Gilad Edelman says that Josh Hawley's book twists the history of antitrust policy to fit the needs of today's Republican culture war against the social media giants.
Source: Jerusalem Post
May 2, 2021
"The head of the State Forensic Examination Committee of Belarus, Alexei Volkov, said the investigation team will work to identify the bodies at the site."
Source: Associated Press
May 2, 2021
Of the five major Native nations whose members owned slaves, only the Cherokee Nation has yet recognized the descendants of people enslaved by Cherokee as tribal members.
Source: New York Magazine
May 2, 2021
Two political scientists have concluded that emphasizing the class-based redistribution of policies will help the Democrats win more support. Critics argue that this finding is being used to sweep demands for racial equity under the rug.
Source: Washington Post
May 2, 2021
"When a wealthy, liberal California town can’t bring itself to even apologize for seizing land from Black residents a century ago, it underscores what a long road lies ahead for justice and reconciliation."
Source: Commonwealth
May 1, 2021
The boundaries separating the many small towns of Massachusetts don't just contribute to local color; they've historically worked to structure significant inequalities even among neighboring municipalities.
Source: New York Times
May 1, 2021
Is the Biden administration's response to the crises affecting America more than a collection of programs and initiatives? Is the Democratic party moving to firmly repudiate Ronald Reagan's quip that "government is the problem"?
Source: New York Times
Apr 30, 2021
Washington State has replaced one of its statues in the US Capitol Statuary hall, that celebrated missionary Marcus Whitman, with one honoring Native American treaty rights advocate Billy Frank, Jr.
Source: New York Times
Apr 30, 2021
"Critics operating both inside and outside the A.P.A. say that it still must overcome high hurdles to truly address its issues around racial equity — including its diagnostic biases, the enduring lack of Black psychiatrists and a payment structure that tends to exclude people who can’t afford to pay out of pocket for services."
Source: Mississippi Free Press
Apr 30, 2021
Governor Tate Reeves recently declared systemic racism is a myth. A reporter wonders if he's spent time in his own state.
Source: The New Yorker
Apr 30, 2021
In 2017, the New York Times revealed that the Pentagon had been conducting a secret research program on UFOs for ten years, upending more than a half-century of conspiratorial thinking about what the government was allegedly hiding.
Source: New York Times
Apr 30, 2021
“We are facing the historical and moral responsibility to bring Germany’s colonial past to light and to come to terms with it,” Monika Grütters, Germany’s culture minister, said in a news release.
Source: New York Times
Apr 30, 2021
Mitch McConnell may be joining in with the Republican culture war over civics education to shore up his weak support among Trump voters.
Source: New York Times
Apr 28, 2021
The findings of a new study confirm what environmental justice activists and scholars like Robert Bullard have been arguing for decades: minority communities in the United States are susceptible to a disproportionate share of environmental health hazards from multiple sources.
Source: New York Times
Apr 28, 2021
A recently unearthed negative review of "Citizen Kane" bumped the film classic out of Rotten Tomatoes' "100% Club" of films, and placing it behind some unlikely competitors, including "Paddington 2" and "Toy Story."
Source: The Oregonian
Apr 28, 2021
"Linfield University on Tuesday fired English professor Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a public advocate for students and faculty who had complained about alleged sexual abuse by board trustees."
Source: BBC
Apr 28, 2021
Alleged members of the leftist terror group had been harbored in France under policies of its former Socialist president François Mitterand, with the proviso that such sanctuary was only for those who had not been involved in violence.
Source: New York Times
Apr 27, 2021
"Critics immediately denounced the move as a government handover of both public education and a vast network of public assets — including real estate and shares in Hungarian companies — to Mr. Orban and his supporters."
Source: Times (UK)
Apr 26, 2021
Though his election created great enthusiasm in Ireland, John F. Kennedy did not agree with the cultural nationalist project of reviving the Irish language that was dear to Irish leader Eamon De Valera.
Source: Kansas City Star
Apr 25, 2021
Without a significant financial benefactor, it is unlikely that the Kansas City home of baseball legend Satchel Paige will be preserved.
