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: Chronicle of Higher Ed
4/2/18 (date accessed)
by Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen
"What if that means there are no professorships left in which women can _______ (fill in the blank: achieve self-empowerment, assert their power, continue challenging sexism in academe)?"
Source: bookcritics.org
4-2-18 (accessed)
How Donald Trump, a three-times-married libertine, won the presidency with the support of evangelical Christian voters may have confounded pundits, but her book told how it happened.
Source: NYT
Professor Lewalski was an accomplished author, teacher, mentor to doctoral students and an enterprising researcher who was named an honored scholar by the Milton Society of America when she was 46.
Source: The American Spectator
3-29-18
by Diana West
Contrary to an article published by the Post, she argues that "KGB Deception Is No Myth."
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
3-28-18
“The struggle to diversify the academy remains an uphill battle; institutional biases are deeply ingrained, and change evokes nostalgia for times past."
Source: The Washington Post
3-28-18 (accessed)
In a fascinating interview he sees dangerous parallels between the birth of the printing press and the establishment off social media.
Source: Newsweek
3-28-18
His name is Andrew Ekonomou and he holds a PhD in medieval history from Emory.
Source: The Washington Post
3-27-18
His book – “Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago, 1940-1960” – sent a jolt through the field of urban history and remains a touchstone for historians, sociologists and journalists such as Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Source: Slate
3-27-18
by Richard Blumenthal and Rick Perlstein
"We expect that those charged with the solemn responsibility of protecting the integrity of American institutions will pledge publicly that the investigation can proceed without interference.”
Source: The Cavalier Daily
3-26-18
He suggested that students at the University of Virginia should lead the way.
Source: Time Magazine
3-23-18
by Nancy Goldstone
Women – half the population – shouldn’t be shunted aside 11 months of the year.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
3-21-18
An interview with Bruce Gilley, a political scientist at Portland State University.
3-22-18 (accessed)
by James W. Loewen
It’s part of a new NEA initiative.
Source: Lincoln Journal Star
3-22-18
It's going to be titled "Them," with a subtitle of "Why We Hate Each Other and How to Heal."
Source: The Atlantic
3-20-18
by Jemar Tisby
"If my black child has to learn that society will hate him, he should hear about it from someone who unconditionally loves him.”
Source: Think Progress
2-22-18
Educators are embracing ‘Black Panther’ in their curriculum, and it’s amazing.
Source: NCPH
3-21-18
But this wasn’t the usual response, say Historians for a Better Future.
Source: Business Standard
3-20-18
Yury Dmitriyev's supporters say the case against him is an attempt by authorities to muzzle the outspoken historian whose research drew international attention to one of the darkest chapters of Russia's history.
Source: iNews
3-19-18
He says claims about the darker side of the former Prime Minster’s past are often drowned out by his status as a wartime leader.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
3-20-18
In an interview she discusses sexism and offers advice for a new generation of women rising through the ranks.
