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: Washington Post
2/7/2022
Labor historian Erik Loomis argues that the Biden Administration's plans for executive action are a long-overdue nod to the needs of American workers, but legislation is needed because the next Republican administration can reverse course.
Source: NBC LX
2/7/2022
How is African American History taught at a mostly white private college in Tennessee?
Source: Bloomberg CityLab
2/2/2022
New York's Regional Plan association has worked for a century to try to solve problems of development that span not just the five boroughs but three states. As Greater New York deals with climate-related infrastructure problems, its role is more vital than ever.
Source: Black Perspectives
2/3/2022
by Nicole M. Gipson
Keisha N. Blain's biography of the Mississippi freedom activist is an important addition to the literature, but also an excellent roadmap to teaching African American history and its linkages to present struggles for justice.
Source: MSNBC
2/1/2022
The historian discusses the new Republican attacks on how schools teach about racism in American history.
Source: MSNBC
2/2/2022
Jonathan Katz discusses his new biography of Smedley Butler, the Marine officer who pivoted from leading the fight for American empire to blowing the whistle on an alleged coup against FDR in 1934.
Source: Washington Post
2/2/2022
Walter Lingo started the "Oorang Indians" in Ohio to promote his dog kennels, hired Jim Thorpe to play and coach, and launched an episode of sports history that highlights the tradeoffs Native athletes had to make between opportunity and participation in caricatured performances of "Indianness."
Source: Washington Post
2/1/2022
With help from historian and Virginian Ty Seidule, Post columnist Dana Milbank asks who is served by recently proposed state laws restricting the teaching of controversial historical topics.
Source: Forward
1/31/2022
Leading American Jewish organizations have stressed the need for leadership and scholarship in the face of antisemitic incidents worldwide, and urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to advance Dr. Lipstadt's nomination.
Source: WAMU
1/31/2022
The president of a leading organization for African American history hopes that the story of Black America will be incorporated into national narratives and taught 12 months a year.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
1/31/2022
Michael Phillips contends that his contract was not renewed because he had violated a "gag rule" by discussing the campus's COVID policies with his students. He had previously drawn criticism for his work advocating the removal of Confederate memorials in the city of Dallas.
Source: NPR
1/1/2022
Marvin Dulaney, president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) says that the racial health disparities highlighted by the pandemic make this year's focus on medical pioneers and health advocates particularly appropriate.
Source: The New Yorker
1/28/2022
Historian Timothy Snyder describes a pattern of provocation behind Russia's claims to Ukraine with David Remnick on the New Yorker Radio Hour podcast.
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
1/29/2022
Christopher Carter of the University of San Diego writes and teaches about how African American foodways have been organized around community survival, and argues for adapting that imperative to new circumstances.
Source: WTTW
1/30/2022
As Leslie Harris explains, the exhibition at Northwestern University incorporates 60 works in various media that show how Black art has been an instrument for communicating history.
Source: The New Republic
1/28/2022
by Peter Richardson
Hunter S. Thompson's emergence as a major media figure came from the convergence of the souring of John F. Kennedy-style liberalism and collaborations with fellows like illustrator Ralph Steadman who launched HST's interpretive and visceral style as a critique of the Nixon years.
Source: LitHub
1/24/2022
Historian Margaret O'Mara, a contributor to a new volume of historians' first assessements of the Trump presidency discusses how 45 may be remembered.
Source: Observer
1/24/2022
"TikTok’s art historians are using the platform to explore points of view often excluded in more established spaces like galleries and museums."
Source: Thirteen
1/21/2022
Denim touches the history of American slavery, immigration, industrialization and counterculture. An upcoming "American Experience" feature tells the story.
Source: The Guardian
1/23/2022
David Hendy's book was built on complete access to BBC archives, but a reviewer finds that it's long on bureaucratic history and short on analysis of the programming that made the Beeb a national institution.
