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.
January 29, 2017
by HNN Editor
A survey of opinion on social media.
January 29, 2017
See who's affected. Share your story.
Source: NYT
January 25, 2017
In a case closely followed by the South Korean news media, a judge in the Eastern District Court in Seoul ruled that her academic freedom must be protected.
Source: Special to HNN
January 26, 2017
by Robert Huddleston
How LBJ arranged for directors to get a higher pay grade.
Source: The Atlantic
January 25, 2017
by Gillian B. White
Slavery, says Foner, has been ignored in the official histories of universities. This needs to change.
Source: The Daily Show
January 25, 2017
Trevor Noah says the prison officials hid the truth for decades.
Source: Mother Jones
January 26, 2017 (accessed)
by Rick Perlstein
"Liberals must listen to and understand Trump supporters. But what you end up understanding from even the sweetest among them still might chill you to the bone."
Source: NYT
January 26, 2017
by Beverly Gage
It answers the question: How the women came to embrace polygamy.
Source: Yale Daily News
January 25, 2017
“I think [Chauncey] was recruited as the leader of gay history in America, and he departs, still, as that leader.”
Source: OAH Email Alert
January 24, 2017
"Together, we will communicate that public support for the humanities benefits students, teachers, and communities across the country."
Source: NYT
January 21, 2017
“I wrote this book to expose lies and restore the truth,” Yang Jisheng writes in the book.
Source: The Times Higher Eduacation
January 22, 2017
by Emily Michelson
During a hospital stay, Emily Michelson learned why the humanities and sciences are in no way opposites.
Source: Moyers & Company
January 20, 2017
Bill Moyers and four historians on the big lie behind the rise of Trump.
January 22, 2017
On Twitter.
Source: Time Magazine
January 18, 2017
H.W. Brands, James Grossman, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Julian Zelizer et al.
Source: NYT
January 17, 2017
His studies of the architecture of Michelangelo and Palladio remain classics in the field.
Source: NYT
January 18, 2017
There’s one aspect of his record that has received less attention: his legacy as a historian.
Source: The Los Angeles Crier
January 18, 2017
Smaller states do not need or warrant added protections, and a vote should count the same no matter where it is cast.
Source: Informed Comment
January 18, 2017
by Juan Cole
They galvanized Tunisian youth and activists against the brutal dictatorship of Zine el Abidine ben Ali.
Source: LobeLog
January 17, 2017 (accessed)
"My position is that the United States is much worse off today than it was in 2009, when Obama became the president.” – John Mearsheimer
