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: Alternet
8-9-18
The Princeton professor says it echoed “racial citizenship laws That took root in Nazi Germany.”
Source: NYT
8-8-18
It “connects the dots from 2008 crisis to Trump, Brexit and more.
Source: Smithsonian
8-9-18
The Oxford research fellow names Bernardino Luini as main artist, believes da Vinci only painted between five to 20 percent of the painting.
Source: Time Magazine
8-7-18
A novelist reports on her experience researching the history of a disaster.
Source: Press Release – PBS
7-30-18
It will air in the Spring of 2019 on PBS.
Source: Press Release
8-8-18
127 professional American historians have signed an open letter to Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin urging that he commit to plans previously announced to replace President Andrew Jackson.
Source: Huffington Post
8-7-18
by Melissa Levinson
"My research on world history textbooks used across the country finds that sections about Islam and the Middle East advance a “rise and fall” narrative."
Source: The Washington Post
8-8-18
The NEH is subsidizing scholars who write non-fiction books for a general audience.
Source: Socialist Worker
8-4-18
"Fear works if you cave in.”
Source: National Coalition for History (NCH)
8/7/18
by Lee White
"The inappropriate loss or destruction of public records reverberates through time."
Source: Reason.com
8-6-18
by David E. Bernstein
They don't like her recent book and dismiss her comments about the recent split between the Koch brothers and Donald Trump.
Source: Amazon
8/5/18 (date accessed)
It's "Leadership: In Turbulent Times" (Simon & Schuster). It will be published in mid-September.
Source: Special to HNN
8/3/18
by William R. Polk
William Polk to VIPS: Revamp your appeal.
Source: Forbes
by Richard Vedder
The Ohio University professor, now in his 54th year of teaching, notes “In 1970, there were 100 history/social science graduates for every one majoring in parks and recreation; now there are fewer than four."
Source: The Atlantic
8-2-18
The author of "Lies My Teacher Told Me" discusses how schools’ flawed approach to teaching the country’s past affects its civic health.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
8-2-18
by Michael Brenes
The misunderstanding goes both ways.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
8-1-18
An interview with Tyler Parry.
Source: The Washington Post
7-31-18
by William I. Hitchcock and Melvyn P. Leffler
"Hiring Marc Short, the former White House legislative director, to help scholars understand the Trump presidency is like welcoming H.R. Haldeman into your university at the height of Watergate.”
Source: Vox
8-1-18
by Sean Illing
“The idea that we’re always getting better keeps us from seeing those times when we’re getting worse.”
Source: The Nation
8-1-18
“There was an apocalyptic, confrontational spirit.”
