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: Howard Zinn Website
9-21-18
by David Detmer
The author of a new book written in Zinn’s defense disputes claims by Sam Wineburg that Zinn was dogmatic.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
9-25-18
What he found was that black students wanted more than admittance; they wanted to change the institutions.
Source: WSJ
9-24-18
by Walter Russell Mead
The U.K. plays an important role in sustaining American support for Europe.
Source: Informed Comment
9-22-18
"What if he tells Mattis to put tanks in the streets to put down building protests, and emulates Lincoln in declaring martial law and a suspension of habeas corpus."
Source: Haaretz
9-23-18
The Hamburg State Archive destroyed an estimated 1 million death certificates dating from 1876 to 1953. The state cultural ministry later admitted the move was a mistake.
Source: NYT
9-17-18
It includes more than 700 paintings and other material related to the 16th president.
Source: Haaretz
9-21-18
Best-selling Israeli author tells French weekly Le Point that he doesn't feel comfortable "being an official representative of the Israeli government because I have an issue with its current politics."
Source: WOSU
9-20-18
“When a person texts or tweets things that the Fraternal Order of Police has killed more people than the Klu Klux Klan, that’s sort of outrageous.”
Source: NYT
9-19-18
“I made a themed issue about #MeToo perpetrators who were not convicted by the judiciary but by social media. And now I am on the pillory myself.” – Historian Ian Buruma
Source: Vox
9-17-18
by Sean Illing
It was the decision to leave voting rights up to the states.
Source: NYT
9-18-18
He worked on his magnum opus, an encyclopedia of Iranian history and culture, for more than 40 years, retiring at the letter “K.” The work goes on.
Source: NYT
9-16-18
The Times notes that it’s perfectly timed.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
9-16-18
by Sam Wineburg
It was Robert Byrd’s history project and it didn’t work out as planned.
Source: Slate
9-16-18
by Sam Wineburg
Teachers and students love "A People’s History of the United States." But it’s as limited—and closed-minded—as the textbooks it replaces.
Source: The Denver Post
9-14-18
by Patty Limerick
“There is a great deal for all citizens to learn from Burns: how to speak as a whole-hearted patriot while offering a forthright critique of the nation’s failures."
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
9-12-18
by Katherine E. Bliss
Katherine E. Bliss says she never regretted it.
Source: HarperCollins
9-12-18
by Brian VanDeMark
He suggests that mistakes may have been avoided had policymakers understood, as we do today, our biases, as cognitive science now makes clear.
Source: Perspectives on History
9-7-18
by Dane Kennedy
One lesson? Federal intervention led to a revolution in productivity. But there were problems.
Source: American Historical Association
9/11/18
On September 10, the AHA sent a letter to Rutgers President Robert Barchi expressing concern about the university’s investigation of history professor James Livingston for comments he had made outside of the context of his university employment.
Source: American Historical Association
9-4-18
On September 4, the AHA sent a letter to King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud expressing concern regarding the detention of Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi, an associate professor of history at King Saud University, because of her activism on behalf of women’s rights.
