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
3-19-17
The visionary historian, author of two dazzling bestsellers on the state of mankind, takes questions from Lucy Prebble, Arianna Huffington, Esther Rantzen and a selection of our readers.
Source: The Way of Improvement Leads Home
3-16-17
In a series of posts Fea took note of the superlative programs the NEH and NEA have funded.
Source: Scroll.in
3-16-17
His name is David Chang. And students can now take his course: “Donald Trump and the Far Right in the American History and Society.”
Source: AP
3-15-17
Barbara Engelking says that while the"responsibility for the extermination of Jews in Europe is borne by Nazi Germany" the "Polish peasants were volunteers in the sphere of murdering Jews."
Source: Organization of American Historians
3-15-17
The Organization of American Historians is pleased to endorse the History Relevance Campaign’s Value Statement—seven distinct tenets delineating critical ways the study of history is essential to individuals, communities, and our shared future.
Source: Common Dreams
3-13-17
700 teachers asked to receive copies of the book after an Arkansas legislator proposed banning it from schools.
Source: NYT
3-14-17
The three recounts: Andrés Reséndez, Heather Ann Thompson, Nancy Tomes.
Source: Harvard Epicenter
3-6-17
Harvard historian and Weatherhead Center Faculty Associate David Armitage, whose new book, Civil Wars: A History in Ideas tracks the evolution of human understanding of civil war over two millennia.
4-30-17
by Tiffany April Griffin
In an interview with HNN Brands tells history majors to make history their hobby: “If it becomes a career, fine. But the odds are against you.”
Source: Tribune News service
3-12-17
Her discovery was that the lost treasure didn't consist of gold. It was the body of the Incas' leader.
Source: AHA
3-13-17
The American Historical Association says that the new order, like its predecessor, "stands at odds with the values stated in our nation's founding documents."
Source: NYT
3-9-17
The paper profiles her as a historian who challenged US foreign policy.
Source: NYT
3-9-17
"The work of the endowment nurtures our national soul. We must ensure that it continues.”
Source: The Atlantic
3-8-17
L.A. Kauffman, a historian of radical protest in America, fits the “Day Without a Woman” into history.
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
3-8-17
Bensoussan was acquitted on Tuesday ending a polarizing trial that observers regarded as a significant test case for determining the boundaries of academic freedom amid growing inter-ethnic tensions.
Source: Special to HNN
3-8-17
"We are concerned about the fact that Volodymyr Viatrovych, Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, will be speaking at the symposium 'The Holocaust in Ukraine. New Perspectives on the Evils of the 20th Century.' ”
Source: Harvard Gazette
3-7-17
She says history shows it’s all about the right of a white man to protect himself.
Source: Daniel Pipes Blog
3-8-17
by Daniel Pipes
"We're in dire straits." So spoke Jordan's King Abdullah a half-year ago. A just-completed week of intensive travels and discussions throughout Jordan finds no one disagreeing with that assessment.
Source: Common Dreams
3-7-17
by Andrew J. Bacevich
“[The] contrast between the respect shown for the grief-stricken widow and that shown for the grief-stricken father reveals something important about American politics today.”
Source: Slate
3-7-17
by Isaac Chotiner
It was his friends in Russia and other despotic countries who thought that Trump could win. To them he seemed like a familiar figure.
