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: NY Times
2/1/20
We visited the presidential museums, libraries and sites dedicated to Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton to talk to visitors about the impeachment facing President Trump.
Source: Washington Post
1/31/20
The library’s decision is the second-known instance of a federal government institution acting to prevent images it determined to be critical of Trump from being shown to the public.
Source: Time
1/31/20
What started locally in Seattle in 2016, inspired by a federal investigation into the higher rate of suspensions of black students compared to their white peers, has grown into a nationwide organizing effort.
Source: The Conversation
2/3/20
by Leslie S. Leighton
The recent global spread of a deadly coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China, has led world leaders to invoke an ancient tradition to control the spread of illness: quarantine.
Source: The Conversation
2/4/20
by Walter Reynolds Farley
Census 2020 is far from the first census to set off bitter political fights. One hundred years ago, results from Census 1920 initiated a decadelong struggle about how to allocate a state’s seats in Congress.
Source: The Conversation
1/29/20
by Calvin Schermerhorn
They are rare – the last one happened in 1952 – but when they do occur, they can be perilous for the party involved.
Source: Just Security
1/29/20
by Ryan Goodman
Regardless of whether the congressmen voted for or against the articles of impeachment, their legacies were largely defined by this one moment.
Source: Slate
1/30/20
by Charlton McIlwain
More than 50 years later, will the U.S.—and Silicon Valley—hear their message?
Source: Real Clear Investigations
Accessed 1/20/20
Since its publication in August, the 1619 Project has been adopted in more than 3,500 classrooms in all 50 states.
Source: The Conversation
1/30/20
by Robert Gudmestad
The evidence for this unconventional war is hidden in the shadows of the archives. Bits and pieces of information are littered throughout the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies, materials in the National Archives, collections of sailors’ letters and diaries, and post-war accounts.
Source: New Yorker
1/27/20
Activists and preservationists are changing the kinds of places that are protected—and what it means to preserve them.
Source: The Conversation
1/29/20
by Jennifer Rich
The Never Again Education Act will seek to address these kinds of gaps in knowledge by making Holocaust education a bigger and more important part of education in various middle and high schools across the country.
Source: History.com
1/27/20
Railroads Were at the Forefront of Political Corruption
Source: Washington Post
1/25/20
In 1999, Starr was derided by Trump as “a lunatic” during his investigation of Bill Clinton’s sexual liaison with Monica Lewinsky.
Source: Retropolis
1/27/20
Though Auschwitz was liberated on Jan. 27, 1945, most of the surviving girls weren’t there to see it.
Source: Time
1/25/20
But 70 years after the Indian constitution came into force, left-wing protesters aren’t the only group claiming to be the ideological heirs to Ambedkar.
Source: Time
1/27/20
by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Without living memories, pop culture will inevitably become the main source of knowledge for many of us.
Source: The Conversation
1/24/20
None of these women publicly claimed a lesbian identity. Nonetheless, like other leaders in women’s rights, higher education and social reform, all three women had significant same-sex relationships.
Source: The Conversation
1/28/20
by Jorge L. Chinea
Many indigenous ruins lie along the shore, where ancient settlements thrived. A relatively new wave of researchers are only beginning to explore these endangered places, rediscovering the ancient relics, statues, stone engravings and paintings created and used by the Taíno people.
Source: The Conversation
1/27/20
by Rashad Shabazz
The history of Minneapolis and why, simply put, Prince would not sound like Prince without Minneapolis.
