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: NPR
1-31-18
Historian Elizabeth Catte takes on J.D. Vance's memoir "Hillbilly Elegy."
Source: Salon
1-30-18
by Jeanne Theoharis
In a new book the political scientist and historian argues that the protests of Black Lives Matter are, contrary to the critics, fully in keeping with those of the sixties.
Source: Literary Hub
1-31-18
by T.J. Stiles
His answer? 400 years of tribalism, genocide, explosion and imprisonment.
Source: NYT
1-31-18
Mr. Pincus-Witten, who wrote for Artforum magazine for nearly 50 years, was credited with coining the term Post-Minimalism.
Source: Facebook
1-29-18
by Heather Cox Richardson
His belief that rich people know better.
Source: Inside Higher ED
1-31-18
Editor Alex Lichtenstein says his project involves "Decolonizing the AHR."
Source: Harvard Gazette
1/29/18
"One factor that underlies most of these breakdowns is extreme polarization."
Source: The Local
1-30-18
The collaborator appeared at Copenhagen City court in a defamation case against historian Bent Jensen and publisher Gyldendal over two statements made in the 2014 book Ulve, får og vogtere I (Wolves, Sheep and Guards I).
Source: The Guardian
1-27-18
Historians hit back as former skills minister Robert Halfon seeks to axe government subsidies for people who study the subject.
Source: The Malay Mail Online
1-29-18
Anatoly Razumov says his work is greeted with “indifference” at home.
Source: ABC7
1-28-18
The teacher is a Pico Rivera city councilman.
Source: The New Yorker
1/29/18
Speaking publicly for the first time, the historian reveals the crucial role that he and a small band of others played in helping Daniel Ellsberg leak the documents to journalists.
Source: UVA Today (University of Virginia)
1/26/18
“He has neither improved relations with Russia, which he had stated he wanted to do, nor constrained Russian actions in Ukraine or Syria, nor confronted Putin over electoral intervention here and in Europe.”
Source: Financial Times
1-26-18
Ahead of the BBC’s nine-part ‘Civilisations’ series, the presenter and historian picks his personal wonders of the world.
Source: Florida State University News (Press Release)
1/26/18
Annika A. Culver surveyed the state of Florida for examples of college courses on the history and culture of North Korea, she was surprised to come up empty.
Source: Vox
1-25-18
Sam Brownback, new ambassador for religious freedom, is an admirer of controversial “scholar” David Barton.
Source: The Washington Post
1-23-18
by Niall Ferguson
The reason Obama never went is that, aside from raising campaign funds from them, he had little real use for businessmen. Trump, by contrast, is a businessman.
Source: The Jerusalem Post
1-24-18
Stephan Templ, imprisoned over disputed fraud charges, chronicles how modern-day Austria gave its seal of approval for flawed restitution practices that were overseen by former Nazis.
Source: The American Conservative
1-24-18
by Andrew Bacevich
"The NDS contains several extraordinary statements. Yet none top this one: 'Today, we are emerging from a period of strategic atrophy.’ ”
Source: Politico
1-22-18
Mead has become the favorite Trump whisperer for everyone from Steve Bannon to Tom Cotton.
