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 New Yorker
September 1, 2014
by Rebecca Mead
A Cambridge classicist takes on her sexist detractors.
Source: Tehran Times
August 22, 2014
Zionism has reduced Judaism "into a narrow minded ethno-nationalism that depended on the success of a colonialist project."
Source: NYT
August 22, 2014
by Irshad Manji
"For all of the 'liking' and 'sharing,' [Juan] Cole shows [in his new book] that the revolution’s most important triumphs took place in the sphere of physical effort — the “meatspace.”
Source: Jewish Political News and Updates
August 21, 2014
Al-Arian quickly deleted the tweet, but it had already been publicized.
Source: NYT
August 20, 2014
by Deborah E. Lipstadt
Why Jews are worried.
Source: NYT
August 14, 2014
He challenged the prevailing romantic view of Mao harbored by many Western intellectuals by writing about the cruelties of the Cultural Revolution.
Source: Network of Concerned Historians
August 14, 2014
by Antoon De Baets
News about the domain where history and human rights intersect, especially about the censorship of history and the persecution of historians, archivists, and archaeologists around the globe.
Source: WaPo
August 13, 2014
The regime of President Ilham Aliyev has imprisoned one of the country’s most outspoken advocates for human rights and her husband.
Source: Radio Australia
August 13, 2014
India is witnessing a renewed battle to win the hearts and minds of the next generation of students.
Source: PEN
August 12, 2014
"I would love to be identified with his words, words such as 'The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth.' ”
August 14, 2014
by HNN Staff
A survey tool created by LinkedIn shows where they work, what they do, and where they went to school.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune
August 12, 2014
A federal judge sentenced Hale to spend 27 months in prison last June for the crimes.
Source: Historians Against the War (HAW)
August 13, 2014
“We deplore the ongoing attacks against civilians in Gaza and in Israel. We also recognize the disproportionate harm that the Israeli military, which the United States has armed and supported for decades, is inflicting on the population of Gaza.”
Source: Chronicle of Higher Ed
August 11, 2014
by Lynn Hunt
What good is history? The answer is not self-evident.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
August 13, 2014
David Coleman, College Board president, said he hoped the unprecedented move of releasing an exam to non-certified A.P. teachers would quell concerns that framework neglected or misrepresented important parts of American history.
August 13, 2014
by HNN Staff
"It needs to be understood -- again -- that Israel [is] not the cause of antisemitism; Israel was caused BY antisemitism."
Source: NYT
August 12, 2014
Mr. Jordan — a 72-year-old historian who used the title “Dr.” but lacked the Ph.D. from the London School of Economics that he had claimed on his résumé — issued an apology to the governing African National Congress and to the country.
Source: NYT
August 12, 2014
by Margaret Sullivan
"So I’m with the critics. The Times article amplified a damaging accusation of plagiarism without establishing its validity and doing so in a way that is transparent to the reader. The standard has to be higher."
Source: Education Week
August 11, 2014
It "deliberately distorts and/or edits out important historical events."
Source: Press Release -- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
August 12, 2014
These online courses, covering topics ranging from the colonial era to the present day, provide teachers and history enthusiasts with graduate-level, in-depth explorations of defining topics in American history.
