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: USA Today
4-8-16
Jackie Robinson was not the best baseball player who ever lived, but renowned filmmaker Ken Burnsmakes a strong argument that he was the most important one.
Source: Toronto Star
4-8-16
Historian Margaret MacMillan finds that upsetting.
4-8-16
Interesting tweets from the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians 2016.
4-7-16
Highlights from the annual meeting being held in Providence, RI.
Source: Daniel Pipes Blog
4-8-16
by Daniel Pipes
"He encourages participants at his rallies physically to assault critics and has offered to cover their legal fees."
Source: The Los Angeles Times
4-6-16
by Cora Granata
But Cora Granata says we need to remember California’s dark past when German Americans celebrated militaristic leaders.
Source: NYT
4-5-16
“People read history the way we watch movies, where you have a good guy and a bad guy. What’s the point of even going to the library to do research if you already know what you think?” — Annette Gordon-Reed
Source: PJ Media
3-30-16
by Ronald Radosh
Ron Radosh reports that a recently released exchange of letters between Reagan and a Soviet émigré sheds new light on when and why Reagan shifted from being a supporter of the Popular Front to becoming a strong anti-Communist liberal.
Source: Special to HNN
4-5-16
by Catherine O'Neill
Professor O’Neill, a retired Distinguished Professor from Rutgers University, wrote more than a dozen books on subjects such as women, politics, and war in the United States in the Twentieth Century.
Source: Inside Higher ED
4-5-16
The professor was accused of sexual assault and harassment following quarter of leave.
Source: The Clarion-Ledger
4-4-16
33 historians say in a signed statement that the plaque must acknowledge that the South fought for slavery.
Source: OUPBlog
4-4-16
by Philip A. Mackowiak
Philip A. Mackowiak, emeritus Professor of Medicine, says the president’s symptoms match scarlet fever.
Source: NBC News
4-4-16
The respected historian of Montana's Crow Tribe and the last surviving Plains Indian war chief, died Sunday.
Source: Morning News USA
4-2-16
This statement from AP came after Harriet Scharnberg, a historian from the Martin Luther University, published a study claiming that AP cooperated with the Nazis.
Source: The Conversation
3-31-16
Debate over 'discovery' of Australia is alive and well – in the mind of one Sydney newspaper editor.
Source: The Republic
3-31-16
Christopher Haas was arrested on 415 child-porn-related counts.
Source: Times Union
3-30-16
by Robert Weible
Robert Weible says decades of neglect have put the state’s vital history at risk.
Source: Time Magazine
3-30-16
by James C. Cobb
Few historic American institutions are free of the touch of slavery's history.
Source: fosters.com
3-31-16
Decades old incidents of sexual misconduct by a distinguished Phillips Exeter Academy professor were made public this week when a letter was sent from Principal Lisa MacFarlane to academy alumni.
Source: The Harvard Crimson
3-30-16
She will undertake several initiatives to unearth and reflect on Harvard’s history of slavery.
