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: Mondoweiss
2-7-16
In October 1948, Israeli forces massacred scores of Palestinians in the village of al-Dawayima near Hebron. The case was covered up by the Israeli military, an investigation died out. 68 years later the story is finally emerging in a confessional statement suppressed at the time in which a soldier sought to relieve the weight on his soul.
Source: The Los Angeles Times
2-8-16
After nearly a decade of delays, California educators released a draft guideline that will shape how history is taught to students across the state.
Source: The Michigan Daily
2-5-16
The new frontier of today is no longer the American Southwest but the Middle East, Cole believes.
Source: Inside Higher ED
2-5-16
Openings are down and the number of new Ph.D.s in the field far outpaces available positions, report finds.
Source: NYT Book Review
1-25-16
by Paul Krugman
"Is he right? My answer is a definite maybe. But whether or not you end up agreeing with Gordon’s thesis, this is a book well worth reading."--Paul Krugman
Source: The Harvard Crimson
2-2-16
She said wealthy parents can afford their children’s tuition and should pay.
Source: The Telegraph
1-31-16
by Andrew Roberts
He says Republicans are right to fear demagoguery of the one candidate who makes Hillary Clinton look electable.
Source: The Atlantic
2-1-16
Now students are expected to know about the art produced by non-Western cultures.
Source: OAH
2-1-16 (accessed)
The Organization of American Historians will boycott the Providence Hilton when it holds its annual meeting in Rhode Island in April.
Source: Daily Kos
1-31-16
by Denise Oliver Velez
Until we have significantly abolished systemic racism in education, we will continue to need Black History Month and other months which focus on our communities of color.
Source: Europe Online Magazine
1-30-16
“The current political situation is so serious, so destructive, so dysfunctional, that one must deeply worry."
1-29-16
After raising more than $10 million over the past 10 years, the Chattanooga History Center apparently is out of money before it ever opened in the building at 2 W. Aquarium Way it has occupied since 2006.
Source: Slate
1-28-16
Historian Rick Perlstein on the rise of Trump, the fall of Reagan, and the fate of contemporary conservatism.
Source: The World Post
1-25-16
Khaled Fahmy shares his memories of Egypt's uprising, five years after Tahrir.
Source: Yale Daily News
1-25-16
African American Studies professor Matthew Jacobson says the chants of the students offered a perfect structure for his class on “Politics and Culture of the American ‘Color Line.’ "
Source: The Washington Post
1-23-16
It involves taking a big “horizontal” slice to look at who was alive around the world in a certain year.
Source: The Raw Story
1-22-16
Constitutional scholars generally hold W. Cleon Skousen’s theories in churlish regard.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
1-22-16
Allen Frantzen: "Anytime you challenge any aspect of feminism … you’re going to hear that you hate women."
1-21-16
by Erik Moshe
This week ... Lady Byron, a history of the horse, Lear, and the battle of Ardennes.
Source: Portside
12-28-15
Du Bois’s general strike thesis continues to cast a long shadow over contemporary historiography and black intellectuals alike.
