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 York Times
3/7/2020
The latest target was a 94-year-old man in Tennessee said to have been a guard at a concentration camp in Germany. “These people are old, and they’re dying,” a prosecutor said of the cases’ urgency.
Source: Washington Post
3/10/2020
Voters are heading to the polls in Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and Washington state.
Source: Washington Post
3/9/2020
by Tom Bossert
Simply put, as evidence of human-to-human transmission becomes clear in a community, officials must pull the trigger on aggressive interventions.
Source: Washington Post
3/10/2020
The NCAA, which continues to prepare for its signature men’s and women’s tournaments, made clear that its recommendations have not changed, despite the Ivy League’s decision.
Source: TIME
3/9/2020
by Olivia B. Waxman
Epidemiologists say that keeping sick people on a ship in an attempt to isolate disease can “amplify infections.”
Source: Washington Post
3/9/2020
The stock market drop is ugly. But one big threat to the economy is a slew of defaults — both personal and business.
Source: The Atlantic
3/8/2020
by Juliette Kayyem
Even with a robust government response to the novel coronavirus, many people will be in peril. And the United States is anything but prepared.
Source: Forbes
3/7/2020
Was the decline in traditional pensions and the growth in retirement savings accounts all just an "accident"? History says otherwise.
Source: The Washington Post
3/6/2020
Sarah Collins Rudolph, who survived the 1963 church bombing that killed her sister and three other girls, wants restitution and an apology for what she’s suffered.
Source: TomDispatch
3/8/2020
The 2020 election resembles nothing less than a political version of the Survivor franchise. Donald Trump fully intends to be the last man standing. To do so, however, he must contrive to get everyone else voted off the island.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
3/8/2020
We’ve compiled what you need to know — to be updated regularly — on the virus’s spread and its implications for higher ed.
Source: NPR
3/6/2020
McCoy Tyner was the last surviving member of the John Coltrane Quartet, among the most momentous groups in jazz history. Few musicians have ever exerted as much influence as a sideman.
Source: NPR
3/7/2020
Research on the effects of daylight saving time has also revealed drawbacks, and whether it truly helps conserve energy remains in question.
Source: NPR
2/29/2020
This episode of the NPR podcast "Code Switch" discusses the forgotten history of a segregationist scheme.
Source: AFL-CIO
3/3/2020
The AFL-CIO's blog announced that it will spotlight female labor leaders of past and present in honor of Women's History Month.
Source: Kare 11
3/4/2020
From Benjamin Franklin to 1966, Daylight Saving Time has a convoluted history.
Source: The New York Times
3/6/2020
Ruthless labor exploitation? Generational betrayal? Understanding the job crisis in academia requires a look at recent history.
Source: The New York Times
3/6/2020
Previously unseen documents from a Soviet archive show how hard Mr. Sanders worked to find a sister city in Russia when he was a mayor in the 1980s. Moscow saw a chance for propaganda.
Source: WTOP
3/3/2020
“We have a whole host of reasons on why we do this daylight savings, but they all seem antiquated in theories,” said Del. Brian Crosby, D-St. Mary’s, sponsor of House Bill 1610. “When you start breaking down the data of why to not do it, that far outweighs why we do do it.”
Source: Pew Research Center
3/5/2020
Partisan differences in views of Trump’s conduct and agreement with the president on important issues are similar to those expressed in 2018 and 2017. The current survey is the first time these questions have been asked on Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel; previously, they were asked on telephone surveys.
