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: Public Books
8/5/2020
The Constitution, by design, stacks the impeachment deck strongly in the president’s favor. And it’s those 233-year-old design choices that dictated the Trump impeachment trial’s eventual outcome. Presidential impeachments are never a fair fight, and they weren’t meant to be.
Source: The Guardian
8/5/2020
The 50th anniversary of the polarising New Haven Nine trial has led to a group exhibition exploring racial injustice.
Source: Washington Post
8/5/2020
Reality dating shows, for better or worse, have focused a lens on the state of love, sex and relationships in American society. Here is a list of shows that define each of the 20 years of the genre (and might be historical documents someday?)
Source: Washington Post
8/4/2020
Unknown numbers of American children of Japanese ancestry were stuck in Japan because of visits to family when war broke out; some were in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
Source: New York Times
8/2/2020
Colleges are racing to reconfigure dorms, expand testing programs and establish detailed social distancing rules. And then, what to do about sex?
Source: Slate
8/4/2020
A 1961 Supreme Court ruling establishing the Exclusionary Rule--that evidence obtained illegally is inadmissible in trial--spurred a host of police practices to circumvent the rule, most involving lying in reports about the circumstances of a search or arrest.
Source: AL.com
8/5/2020
Both the Madison County Commission, which has jurisdiction over the statue, and the Huntsville City Council have passed resolutions calling for the statue to be moved to the city-owned Maple Hill Cemetery.
Source: Texas Monthly
8/1/2020
An oral history by witnesses and survivors of Charles Whitman's mass shooting at the University of Texas on August 1, 1966.
Source: Business Insider
7/31/2020
A Twitter spokesperson confirmed the suspension saying the account has been "permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter Rules on hateful conduct."
Source: Times of Israel
7/31/2020
“As soon as T.S. Monk listened to the recording, he knew right away that his father was feeling really good that day and wasn’t just going through the motions,” Danny Scher said.
Source: Washington Post
Columnist Jennifer Rubin argues that Trump's appeal to white suburban homeowners echoes the discriminatory rental practices that built the Trump family real estate business.
Source: NBC Chicago
8/2/2020
At a news conference, State Rep. LaShawn K. Ford said current history teachings lead to a racist society and overlook the contributions of women and minorities.
Source: New York Times
8/3/2020
"In the parlance of Northern Ireland, Mr. Hume was a “nationalist” whose dream of a reunited Ireland had no place for the violence embraced by “republicans” like the I.R.A., with its armed fighters and networks of financiers, bomb-makers and sympathizers in the region and in the United States."
Source: The Guardian
8/3/2020
Hannah Duston, subject of the first publicly funded US monument to a woman, is implicated in the deaths of 10 Native Americans
Source: NPR
8/3/2020
"We're not asking them to destroy the statue," McFarland said. "We're asking them to remove it. I no longer want to have my taxpayer dollars keeping this symbol of hate and racism erected here on the courthouse square."
Source: Newsweek
8/1/2020
Tenured faculty members at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) told undergraduate students in an open letter not to return to campus this fall because of coronavirus concerns, the latest move in the debate over reopening schools.
Source: Library of Congress
8/2/2020
The Library of Congress announces an August social media campaign for the history of women's suffrage for the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
Source: Retro Report
8/3/2020
As Covid-19 spreads, keeping workers from becoming sick on the job is taking on renewed importance. Research shows that robust sick leave policies can play an important role in stemming a pandemic.
Source: NPR
7/31/2020
Minnie Forbes, age 88, is the last surviving owner of a Negro League baseball team, and worries that the full story of the league and its teams and players may go untold.
Source: Vox
7/30/2020
Speaking in honor of the late John Lewis, the former President said that the activist and Congressman's legacy demanded new legislation to protect voting rights, and that the Senate filibuster should be abolished if needed to pass a law.
