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 Nation
10/21/2020
by Jeet Heer
According to Jeet Heer, "Sorkin takes many liberties with the facts, most of which are designed to make both the New Left and its conservative opponents more palatable to contemporary liberal viewers."
Source: New York Times
10/20/2020
Jack Goldmith and Robert Bauer, legal veterans of the George W. Bush and Obama administrations respectively, are proposing a slate of reforms to limit executive branch powers. They hope to match the legislation passed after Watergate and the revelations of intelligence community abuses exposed by the Church Committee.
Source: IndyWeek
10/21/2020
Officers of the North Carolina Sons of Confederate Veterans are under investigation for abusing the organization's tax-exempt status by running a political action committee.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
10/20/2020
Washtenaw County health officials are confronting the administration of the University of Michigan over their planning process for reopening campus as local cases associated with the university surge.
Source: Politico
10/18/2020
James Johnson's business, policy and philanthropy resume led a colleague to call him "the chairman of the universe."
Source: Law.com
10/19/2020
The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a Circuit Court decision that would have allowed access to the grand jury records of the Moore's Ford Lynchings, the unpunished murder of four Black Georgians in 1946.
Source: The Nation
10/20/2020
by Gene Seymour
Following comedian Chris Rock's observations, Gene Seymour argues that baseball is out of step with a multicultural America and ruled by traditions and unwritten rules that limit its appeal outside of White America.
Source: ABC 8 Tulsa
10/20/2020
Two coffins were discovered in Oaklawn Cemetery, where victims of the 1921 anti-Black massacre were buried. Forensic analysis has not yet connected the remains to the violent mob attacks on the city's Black community.
Source: Washington Post
10/21/2020
The latest battle between Russia and Ukraine is over which nation can claim the beet soup as its emblematic food. So far, no shots have been fired.
Source: Washington Post
10/21/2020
Partisan supporters, most often those favoring Donald Trump, have engaged in noisy demonstrations near early voting sites. Local election officials must determine if these actions are technically in violation of laws shielding polling places from electioneering activity, and whether the goal is to intimidate potential voters.
Source: Untapped New York
10/19/2020
Walter Winchell's gossip-driven approach to the news made him famous; his fame helped publicize the dangers of Nazism and overcome American isolationism before World War II. A new PBS documentary considers his career and legacy.
Source: Washington Post
10/19/2020
Virginia's governor has called for investigation of the culture of the state-run institution, where Black students have described an entrenched culture of racism and veneration of the Confederacy.
Source: Miami Herald
10/19/2020
A look back at the Chicago 7 conspiracy trial through the eyes of one of the jurors reveals an America that was less completely polarized than one might think.
Source: New York Times
10/17/2020
Despite claims by many estates that weddings and events pay for educational programming that addresses the history of slave labor on the property, many still debate the ethics of using plantation properties for celebrations.
Source: History.com
10/19/2020
The image of the broom-riding witch originated in symbols of religous heresy and rumors of occult rituals. But most of the records come from religious inquisitors and are not necessarily reliable.
Source: Forward
10/19/2020
The producers of the "Borat" sequel insist the interview was used to mock Holocaust deniers; surviving relatives argue the use of her story for satirical purposes was deceptive and inappropriate.
Source: Los Angeles Times
10/19/2020
Jacqueline Stewart, a prominent historian of African American cinema, will join the Academy Museum in preparation for its April opening. She discusses how the museum will tell the story of film making and moviegoing.
Source: Skipped History
10/15/2020
It took litigation to drag Mississippi's history instruction out of the Lost Cause mythology.
Source: New York Times
10/18/2020
Jeweler Lafayette Cornwall collected the autographs of the most famous figures of his time, including Melville, Houdini, Edison, Mark Twain and Sarah Bernhardt.
Source: New York Times
10/19/2020
A Texas chapter of Kappa Alpha called for the national fraternity to repudiate its veneration of the Confederacy, sparking a firestorm among active members and alumni about the place of the Lost Cause and Robert E. Lee in the organization's culture.
