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
5/14/2020
New Yorker critic Hua Hsu questions whether the PBS documentary series will simplify the experiences of Asian Americans through a lens of celebration that obscures ongoing conflict and prejudice.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
5/19/2020
In December 2018, Albert Mohler, longtime president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, released a report detailing and denouncing the school’s legacy of supporting slavery and segregation. However, evidence suggests both the denomination's and Mohler's personal reckoning have been incomplete.
Source: American Songwriter
5/15/2020
Because of its profound, often tangled and diverse roots, there have been plenty of quality documentaries on the music of New Orleans. This is arguably the best.
Source: BET
5/19/2020
A new PBS documentary will commemorate singer Marian Anderson's voice and her activism.
Source: New York Magazine
5/16/2020
A new book by Ezra Klein argues that American polarization results from the collision of early humanity's tribal tendencies with a realignment of group identities over the last 50 years. Does he ignore the special role of the conservative movement in driving polarization?
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center
5/16/2020
The SPLC contends that school funding programs, including vouchers and charter schools, help to preserve and extend racial segregation in the South.
Source: NOLA.com
5/18/2020
The World War II museum will be open for Memorial Day with limited capacity and required protective gear. World War II veterans will be encouraged to stay home.
Source: Daily Beast
5/19/2020
A new documentary includes Norma McCorvey's revelation that anti-abortion organizations paid her to pose insincerely as a born-again anti-abortion crusader in the 1990s.
Source: West Virginia Public Broadcasting
5/15/2020
Author Matto Mildenberger has examined how politics have shaped decades of climate policy in his new book, "Carbon Captured: How Business and Labor Control Climate Politics."
Source: New York Magazine
5/18/2020
The pandemic has given Americans lots to think about, not the least of which are the awful historical analogies and references used to make its worst actors seem valorous. Here are some of the most egregious examples, why they’re absurd, and why they should be taken seriously.
Source: The Guardian
5/18/2020
We can guarantee economic security and keep every working family safe, paid for by an end to grotesque wealth inequality. Here’s how.
Source: National Geographic
5/18/2020
The agency has shape-shifted to overcome crises for more than two and a half centuries—and emerged as the nation’s most trusted institution.
Source: WTOP
5/16/2020
Museums and historical societies are collecting materials, often with help from people accustomed to capturing and sharing even the most mundane moments around them.
Source: History.com
5/14/2020
Even though a widely-accepted account says the outlaw was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett in New Mexico, murky details have led to other theories.
Source: City Journal
5/15/2020
Howard Husock argues that the late Richard Gilder's work with the Central Park Conservancy showed the benefits of using private philanthropy to preserve public parks instead of government programs, and praises Gilder's support for the study of American history.
Source: ADA
5/18/2020
A series of July webinars will celebrate a public health success and address how health officials can overcome public misinformation, skepticism and rumor.
Source: Southern Maryland Chronicle
5/18/2020
The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC) announces $1 million in available funds for African American preservation projects throughout the state of Maryland.
Source: Perspectives on History
5/18/2020
Kehinde Wiley's new sculpture serves as a rejoinder to the statues of Confederate leaders along Richmond's Monument Avenue.
Source: FOIA Ombudsman Blog (National Archives)
5/14/2020
The National Archives has joined other organizations in a call to ensure that records related to the pandemic and governments' responses are preserved and made accessible to future researchers.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
5/15/2020
Faculty grow wary of cuts to instructional staff as universities respond to fiscal crisis.
