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
4/21/2020
The first celebration called for people to change their relationship with the planet. After a half-century, we’re still figuring out what that means.
Source: Wired
4/17/2020
The president says “nobody ever expected a thing like this,” but dire predictions have been heaped on leaders for decades.
Source: NPR
4/17/2020
Gender was definitely a factor in this year's Democratic primaries. How could it not be after what the party has seen over the past four years? But the ways in which attitudes about gender impacted the outcome are varied and, of course, more than a bit complicated.
Source: Vox
4/17/2020
Author David Daley on coronavirus and the threat to voting rights.
Source: New York Times
4/19/2020
"The Times They Are A-Changin'", written by Dylan in 1963 and released on his 1964 album of the same name, is regarded as one of the most iconic protest songs of the 1960s.
Source: Daily Beast
4/19/2020
In The Longest War, a new documentary from director Greg Barker (Manhunt) and executive producer Alex Gansa (Homeland), former CIA agents reveal that they had another opportunity to take out Osama bin Laden with little collateral damage, contradicting President Clinton's account.
Source: New York Times
4/18/2020
Ms. Mitchell is 47, a historian by training. But her real role is the strategist of the demise of Amazon as we know it.
Source: The New York Times
4/19/2020
Members of the bipartisan commission created to investigate the spill say Congress and the Trump administration have failed to take safety seriously.
Source: The New York Times
4/20/2020
Denis Hayes organized the first Earth Day in 1970. Since then, he has continued fighting for environmental justice.
Source: The New York Times
4/19/2020
First came early data showing that the coronavirus affected African-Americans disproportionately. Then came the fight for a fair response and recovery.
Source: The New York Times
4/20/2020
Coronavirus in the Navajo Nation exposes underlying vulnerabilities.
Source: The New York Times
4/20/2020
Our collective behavior will be the primary determinant of whether we can keep this virus in check.
Source: Vox
4/19/2020
They’re part of a Trumpian strategy from some conservative groups to reshape public opinion.
Source: The New York Times
4/17/2020
Today’s 40-year-olds on the lives they’ve led, and now this.
Source: The New York Times
4/19/2020
The urge among some residents to leave because of the coronavirus may be temporary. But it follows a deeper, more powerful demographic trend.
Source: The Atlantic
4/20/2020
The government’s reaction to COVID-19 in jails and ICE detention facilities must follow settled legal precedent on acceptable conditions of confinement. The pandemic does not change that obligation.
Source: WBUR
4/16/2020
A new documentary tells the story of Other Music, a now-closed record store in New York City.
Source: The Atlantic
4/17/2020
The striking new Hulu miniseries "Mrs. America" reveals the conservative author’s deep impact on contemporary politics.
Source: Washington Post
4/16/2020
Unlike historical megadroughts triggered by natural climate cycles, emissions of heat-trapping gases from human activities have contributed to the current one, the study finds.
Source: New York Times
4/19/2020
by Ben Smith
The news media can cover both stories — the central health story and the important political story — without conflating them.
