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: The Guardian
8-8-17
by Jennifer Evans, Yuliya Komska and Michelle Moyd
"US history is a Pandora's box. There has never been a better moment to open it."
Source: Network of Concerned Historians Petition
8-8-17
Historians are being urged to sign a petition of protest.
Source: NYT
8-7-17
Her comment was cited in an obituary of Ernst Zündel, who was tried twice in Canada.
Source: Informed Comment
8-7-17
by Juan Cole
The MN governor did. That drew attention. That’s sad, says Cole.
Source: Independant
8-7-17
The historian said she received a “torrent of aggressive insults” for days after she said a BBC schools video that depicted a high-ranking solider and a father of a Roman Britain family as being black to be “pretty accurate.”
Source: OUPblog
8-5-17
by J.M. Opal
It’s in a new book, "Avenging the People: Andrew Jackson, the Rule of Law, and the American Nation.”
Source: AP
8-5-17
Fresno State University in California says historian Lars Maischak, who tweeted that President Donald Trump "must hang," will not be returning to teach in the fall.
Source: NYT
8-5-17
by Carol Anderson
Emory’s Carol Anderson, author of “White Rage,” argues Trump is feeding white rage.
Source: NYT
8-4-17
“General McMaster and I are working very well together.” – Donald Trump
Source: The Atlantic
8-2-17
This time he got rid of an aide who claimed in a memo that Trump is under sustained attack from subversive forces both within and outside the government who are deploying Maoist tactics.
Source: The Washington Post
7-31-17
Chris Whipple spent five years interviewing 17 former White House chiefs of staff and researching the history of the position.
Source: Newsweek
7-6-17
According to the U.K. based Hope not Hate anti-racism charity, the historian,Marek Jan Chodakiewicz is a frequent commentator on right-wing Polish media and has expressed anti-Semitic views.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
7-28-17
Chronicle of Higher Ed profiles Katharine Bullard, a onetime historian who is now a research program-development officer at Lehigh University.
Source: Deutsche Welle
7-29-17
Why? Because it covers the crimes of Stalin.
Source: NYT
7-28-17
by Ben Sasse
The book: “The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis — and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance.”
Source: USA Today
7-27-17
What historians have found is that our definition of character changes over time.
Source: NYT
7-27-17
Mr. Fleming sometimes departed from the Revolutionary era, taking on the Civil War, both world wars and the histories of West Point and New Jersey. But he would always return to the period that most fascinated him.
Source: UVA Today
7-26-17
History professor Andrew Kahrl tracks racial discrimination through the tax assessor’s office.
Source: The Telegraph
7-27-17
“Roman Britain was ethnically diverse, almost by design. To begin, occupying legions were drawn from other parts of the Empire.” – Historian Mike Stuchbery.
Source: The Nation
7-25-17
by Gina Anne Tam and Jeffrey Wasserstrom
While China’s president has crafted an increasingly progressive image for himself abroad, he's stifling dissent at home.
