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: TIME
3/27/2020
While the 1918 flu and COVID-19 are different diseases, newspaper advertisements from 1918 show that, in some ways, the two moments are strikingly similar.
Source: High Country News
3/30/2020
by Robert Lee and Tristan Ahtone
Expropriated Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system.
Source: Washington Post
3/28/2020
One woman is a descendant of people who were enslaved in Taneytown for generations. The other woman’s ancestors belonged to the family line of the owner of those slaves.
Source: CNBC
3/28/2020
How the coronavirus staple went from mechanic shops to consumer shelves.
Source: History.com
3/26/2020
'Walk' among the terra cotta warriors. Tour Anne Frank's secret annex. Read letters to FDR. And more.
Source: NPR
3/26/2020
With little training and even fewer resources, in a matter of days public schools are shifting from a system of education that for centuries has focused on face to face interaction, to one that works entirely at a distance.
Source: Vox
3/30/2020
The Great Recession in 2008 was supposed to be a once-in-a-generation economic calamity. Just 12 years later, the United States is facing a far more daunting crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: Washington Post
3/28/2020
John P. Sears was a powerful influence on Republican politics for over a decade.
Source: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
3/23/2020
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is providing resources for families to help children learn history at home.
Source: The Atlantic
3/29/2020
Five lessons from 1940s Britain about national resilience and social solidarity during a crisis.
Source: The New York Times
3/27/2020
Child care options, internet access and extra living space leave a gulf between rich and poor in coping with disruptions to school and work.
Source: Vox
3/28/2020
Lowery remained committed to social justice — from fighting racism to speaking out against income inequality — throughout his life.
Source: Penn Live
3/30/2020
On March 30,1981 President Ronald Reagan was shot while leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C..
Source: Politico
3/27/2020
The Biden campaign is looking to history, specifically the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, for campaign strategy.
Source: The New Republic
3/25/2020
by Christopher Mackin
Why the coronavirus crisis is an opportunity to reshape the relationship between workers and their employers.
Source: The Atlantic
3/25/2020
by Yascha Mounk
If we commit to strict social distancing now, we can radically curtail the number of new cases and buy time—time to put in place the measures we need to contain the pandemic in a less economically destructive way.
Source: Washington Post
3/26/2020
The Purellification of America is about sanitation, but it is really about sanity. Fear, control, and the fear that we have no control.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
3/26/2020
Online Zoom classes were disrupted by individuals spewing racist, misogynistic or vulgar content. Experts say professors using Zoom should familiarize themselves with the program's settings.
Source: Los Angeles Times
3/23/2020
by Michael Hiltzik
Policy should be focused on the immediate goal of protecting American households from the hardships of lost jobs. Setting the stage for a resumption of economic activity is important, too, but at this very moment it’s secondary.
Source: Columbia Journalism Review
3/25/2020
In media circles, the recent briefings have reignited a familiar Trump-era debate: should the networks carry them live?
