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 Chronicle of Higher Education
12-11-16
by Jacob Mikanowski
"Maybe we’ll go extinct. Maybe all the mammals will go extinct. Maybe we’ll screw up so much that even our phylum, the Chordates, will go extinct.”
Source: Petition
12-13-16
They have signed a petition posted online to protest trends that remind them of the worst abuses in the past – Japanese internment, among others.
Source: The American Prospect
12-9-16
by Peter Dreier
"Much of the information about me on the Watchlist is simply untrue."
Source: Facebook
11-15-16
by Timothy Snyder
"Here are twenty lessons from the twentieth century, adapted to the circumstances of today."
Source: The Way of Improvement Leads Home
12-9-16
by John Fea
Blogger John Fea set off a Twitter debate with his use of the hashtag #AgeofTrump. Here's what he meant by it.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
12-8-16
"The shocking thing is how far they have deviated from the traditional strengths of history, in terms of using evidence and evaluating arguments.” – Economist Paul W. Rhode
Source: Salon
12-8-16
It was Gottfried who coined the term Alt-Right. (He also came up with Paleoconservative.)
Source: Press Release
12-6-16
The NWHM announced today it will receive a $370,000 grant from the PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc. in support of the Museum's efforts to develop advanced content capabilities for 21st century interactive learning modules, revamped curricula lessons and online exhibits and to optimize the content for mobile.
Source: Campus Watch
12-3-16
by Cinnamon Stillwell
Now it’s a pro-Israel group that is targeting him.
Source: Bristol Post
12-6-16
"Sorry but you may have strong views but you guys don't know Roman history."
Source: The Spectator
12-7-16
by Fraser Nelson
Some rise in his defense, including this author.
Source: The New Jersey Jewish News
12-5-16
He’s surprised more Jews aren’t.
Source: USA Today
12-6-16
The series, called "The Vietnam War," features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses. It took six years to complete and includes archival footage and home movies as well as audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations.
Source: WBUR
12-6-16
Heather Cox Richardson says finding her name on the list was a “punch in the gut.”
Source: Quartz
12-2-16
by Marie Myung-Ok Lee
"History classes matter because they help students learn to question the stories that are handed down to us."
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
12-2-16
He argues in his book, "Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas," that it is erroneous to attribute racist ideas to "the boiling pot of ignorance and hate." Rather, racist ideas stem from racially discriminatory policies.
Source: The Guardian
12-1-16
"What are the necessary social and psychological conditions that allow populists of Hitler’s ilk to gain a mass following and attain power?”
Source: NYT
12-1-16
Lilla, a historian at Columbia, argued that the Democratic Party has lost its way by focusing on identity politics.
Source: The Washington Spectator
11-29-16
by Rick Perlstein
"The more Trumpism fails, the more, and more violently, scapegoats will be blamed.” – Rick Perlstein
Source: The Atlantic
11-29-16
Anne Blankenship says this is the difference from World War 2 when Japanese internment was floated as a proposal.
