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: Smithsonian
6-8-18
This increased accessibility of Wilson’s papers coincides with a new wave of interest in the 28th president.
Source: NYT
6-9-18
by Lily Geismer and Matthew D. Lassiter
In an op-ed in the NYT Lily Geismer and Matthew Lassiter argue that the compromises needed to win over the suburbs are undermining the progressive agenda.
Source: University of Pittsburgh Press Release
6/10/18
He was 96.
Source: New Historian
6-6-18
Mark Stoyle says he’s "unearthed some compelling pieces of evidence which allow us to explore the practice and what people thought about it at the time.”
Source: Protest Group
6-3-18
They object to his role in the Iraq War disaster. 277 scholars – young and old – have signed an open letter protesting Petraeus’s selection.
Source: WaPo
6/6/18
Dr. Berlin, along with historians such as David Brion Davis and Eugene D. Genovese, “really put the history of slavery at the center of our understanding of American history.”
Source: Philly Voice
6-5-18
William Livingston was disgusted by the behavior of white children at a burger joint in Harlem.
Source: Buzzfeed
6-5-18
Political books are hot — and the former national security adviser might want in.
Source: The Washington Post
6-3-18
The Australian-born Dr. Conway was just 40 when, in 1975, she became the first woman to lead Smith, the nation’s largest liberal arts institution for women.
Source: NYT
6-2-18
“It’s not unusual for an art historian or critic to mingle with artists; it is unusual for an art historian to turn those interactions and the firsthand knowledge that results into the basis for scholarship."
Source: The Stanford Daily
5-31-18
“I very much regret the publication of these emails. I also regret having written them."
Source: NY Review of Books
5-31-18
by David Margolick
In his 6,000 word daily journal Schlesinger never even bothered to note when he first met RFK. Later he fell in love.
Source: CP24
5-30-18
In August, the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario called for the removal of Macdonald's name from elementary schools in the province, referring to him as the “architect of genocide against Indigenous Peoples.”
Source: The Guardian
5-29-18
by Antony Beevor
His favorite? "The 317th Platoon," a French film from 1965 set during the country’s first Indochina war.
Source: Princeton University Press
5-28-18
Economist Sebastian Edwards wants you to remember it happened and it was FDR who did it.
Source: Daniel Pipes Blog
5-30-18
by Daniel Pipes
Russian scholar Richard Pipes died in mid-May at age 94.
Source: PBS: The News Hour
5-28-18
In an interview on PBS he admits its difficult to have a sense of proportion at a time like this, but we can still be proud of this country.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
5/29/18
by Scott Jaschik
Three historians have issued a manifesto saying that the discipline of history has become dominated by empiricist approaches, to the neglect of the role of theory.
Source: NYT
5-27-18
by Andrew W. Kahrl
Jim Crow existed in the North, too, but in disguise
Source: Special to HNN
5/25/18
by William Polk
The situation is terrible now and looks like it will get worse.
