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: CNN
4/13/2020
In January, a fire tore through an historic building in the heart of Manhattan's Chinatown, threatening to engulf decades of artifacts documenting Chinese life in the US.
Source: National Review Online
4/11/2020
Donald Trump's approval rating has ticked down recently, and the economy is in dire straits. Is the incumbent in trouble?
Source: The Hill
4/13/2020
Debt held by the public is on track to exceed the size of the entire U.S. economy this year for the first time since World War II, according to a new analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).
Source: MassLive
4/14/2020
The airport added, “Doing this to an aircraft is the equivalent to pushing down a World War II veteran just to watch him fall.”
Source: New York Times
4/13/2020
Mr. Biden’s already narrow polling lead in states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania or Arizona might be vanishingly small after pollsters screen for "likely voters."
Source: NPR
4/13/2020
If approved, the request could throw a wrench into redistricting plans in many states.
Source: The Courier (Waterloo, IA)
4/13/2020
Amelia Jenks Bloomer was a prolific writer, speaker, and activist who recognized the power of her pen to initiate social change.
Source: The Atlantic
4/13/2020
He oversaw the 2009 economic recovery for Barack Obama. If he wins the presidency, his first task will be to perform an encore on an even more daunting scale.
Source: WNPR
4/14/2020
More than 40 descendants of Louis Agassiz support Tamara Lanier’s efforts and have written an open letter to Harvard asking the university to relinquish the photos.
Source: WIRED
4/10/2020
Christian and Jewish leaders have been forced to reimagine what’s possible when churches, synagogues, and houses of worship are closed and group gatherings discouraged or prohibited to slow the spread of the disease.
Source: The Nation
4/13/2020
by Jessi Jezewska Stevens
Opining in public on things you don’t really understand is a form of idiocy in which Americans, in particular, are known to indulge.
Source: New Yorker
4/12/2020
by Jane Mayer
Finally, someone who knows him very well told me, “Give up. You can look and look for something more in him, but it isn’t there. I wish I could tell you that there is some secret thing that he really believes in, but he doesn’t.”
Source: The Daily Beast
4/10/2020
Because black women are the core of the Democratic base, the party’s most loyal voters.
Source: The New York Times
4/10/2020
From the Hungary team that shattered England’s delusions to the club that came to define the sport, through Pelé and Johan Cruyff, here are six games that explain modern soccer.
Source: Vox
4/12/2020
Republicans want privatization, Trump wants to stick it to Amazon.
Source: The New York Times
4/9/2020
Time to give new life to an old idea: A strong public health system is the best guarantor of good health.
Source: The New York Times
4/10/2020
Every country needs the same lifesaving tools. But a zero-sum mind-set among world leaders is jeopardizing access for all.
Source: History.com
4/9/2020
Weary from cataclysmic world events, the U.S. electorate chose a mild-mannered candidate promising quieter times.
Source: The New York Times
4/10/2020
As the coronavirus pandemic forces soccer clubs and sponsors to tighten their belts, a women’s game poised to break out hopes it doesn’t have to bear the cost.
Source: New York Times
4/9/2020
National economies collapse; species go extinct; political movements rise and fizzle. But—somehow, for some reason—Weird Al endures.
