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.
1-29-17
by HNN Editor
A survey of opinion on social media.
1-29-17
See who's affected. Share your story.
Source: NYT
1-25-17
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
1-26-17
by Robert Huddleston
How LBJ arranged for directors to get a higher pay grade.
Source: The Atlantic
1-25-17
by Gillian B. White
Slavery, says Foner, has been ignored in the official histories of universities. This needs to change.
Source: The Daily Show
1-25-17
Trevor Noah says the prison officials hid the truth for decades.
Source: Mother Jones
1-26-17 (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
1-26-17
by Beverly Gage
It answers the question: How the women came to embrace polygamy.
Source: Yale Daily News
1-25-17
“I think [Chauncey] was recruited as the leader of gay history in America, and he departs, still, as that leader.”
Source: OAH Email Alert
1-24-17
"Together, we will communicate that public support for the humanities benefits students, teachers, and communities across the country."
Source: NYT
1-21-17
“I wrote this book to expose lies and restore the truth,” Yang Jisheng writes in the book.
Source: The Times Higher Eduacation
1-22-17
by Emily Michelson
During a hospital stay, Emily Michelson learned why the humanities and sciences are in no way opposites.
Source: Moyers & Company
1-20-17
Bill Moyers and four historians on the big lie behind the rise of Trump.
Source: Time Magazine
1-18-17
H.W. Brands, James Grossman, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Julian Zelizer et al.
Source: NYT
1-17-17
His studies of the architecture of Michelangelo and Palladio remain classics in the field.
Source: NYT
1-18-17
There’s one aspect of his record that has received less attention: his legacy as a historian.
Source: The Los Angeles Crier
1-18-17
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
1-18-17
by Juan Cole
They galvanized Tunisian youth and activists against the brutal dictatorship of Zine el Abidine ben Ali.
Source: LobeLog
1-17-17 (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
