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: NYT
3-6-18
John A. Farrell, a journalist and the author of “Richard Nixon: The Life,” has won a $50,000 prize awarded by the New-York Historical Society.
Source: NYT
3-6-18
by Elizabeth Hinton
Elizabeth Hinton cites as an example a prison celebrated by a jailed Malcolm X. (It’s where he wanted to be sent.)
Source: Smithsonian
3-5-18
History isn’t pretty and sometimes it is vastly different than what we’ve been taught, say Lonnie Bunch and Kevin Gover.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
3-4-18
by Katrin Schultheiss
"It has taken me … decades to recognize that my experience of having a senior male nominal adviser and a female (usually more junior) actual adviser is common throughout academe.”
Source: WSJ
3-4-18
The White House is knocking back speculation that Gen. McMaster will be replaced sooner rather than later.
Source: timesnownews.com
3-5-18
A professional historian’s struggle in India with rightwing critics who want to silence her.
Source: History channel
3-2-18
by Rebecca Edwards
Why? "Because suffrage—which still dominates our historical narrative of American women’s rights—captures such a small part of what women need to celebrate and work for."
Source: Stanford Press Release
2-19-18
The two serve as hosts for the PBS documentary.
Source: New Yorker
3/2/18 (date accessed)
by Adam Gopnik
Widmer, who teaches history at Brown, came across the sketches while working on a book about Lincoln's train trip from Springfield to Washington.
Source: Princeton University Press Blog
2-26-18
In an interview he explains that he decided to write the book after 9-11.
Source: Informed Comment
2-28-18
by Juan Cole
The historian thinks Kushner is being targeted by the intelligence community, led by HR McMaster.
Source: Patheos.com
2-26-18
by Luciano Gonzalez
The latest debate began with a tweet from Talking Point Memo's Josh Marshall.
Source: AHA's Perspectives
2/26/18
by Dylan Ruediger
The American Historical Association says it's hard to tell and that's a problem.
Source: Yahoo
2-23-18
“Not only can we vote for Trump, we must vote for Trump.”
Source: The Spectator
2-25-18
by Andrew Roberts
"To present this story without interviewing any Churchill historians, or members of the family, is a disgrace.”
Source: NYT
2-23-18
by Tiya Miles
It was a political statement.
Source: OAH Email to Members
2/23/18
She is the president-elect of the Organization of American Historians.
Source: Informed Comment
2-22-18
by Juan Cole
“Don’t tell the global South how corrupt they are for taking a few petty bribes.”
Source: Press Release
2/22/18
The books include a biography of George Washington, an account of the Burr Conspiracy and a history of religious awakenings in the 18th century.
Source: CNN
2=22=18
With tensions flaring between President Donald Trump and national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, the Pentagon is considering options that would allow the President to potentially move the three-star general out of his current role and back into the military, according to half a dozen defense and administration officials.
