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: USA Today
12/16/19
USA Today publishes article alleging just that.
Source: Washington Post
12/12/19
At 16, she becomes the youngest Person of the Year ever, and only the fifth woman — er, girl; er, female — in the 90-plus years Time has been naming a Man/Woman/Person of the Year.
Source: The Hill
12/10/10
The poll, conducted by Monmouth University, found that 63 percent of Democratic survey respondents believed that Obama was a better president than Washington.
Source: Newsweek
12/9/19
Researchers have uncovered evidence indicating that Civil War soldiers dyed their hair to look better in photos.
Source: AP
12/11/19
A massive bronze sculpture of a young black man with dreadlocks astride a muscular horse was permanently installed Tuesday in Virginia’s capital city, not far from one of the country’s most prominent displays of Confederate monuments.
Source: NPR
12/10/19
The arc of partisanship in impeachment, to some extent, matches the increased polarization of politics in America over the last 45 years. It moves from consensus to deadlock.
Source: Washington Post
12/9/19
More than 2,000 pages of interviews and memos reveal a secret history of the war.
Source: CBS News
12/8/19
Alcatraz didn't become "Indian Land Forever," as the occupiers had hoped. But these brave activists did open America's eyes to the rank poverty, alcoholism, and high infant mortality rate on Native reservations.
Source: Washington Post
12/9/19
Both studies were commissioned by obscure Defense Department agencies, Both are massive, and Both involved court battles, but 1971 was more dramatic.
Source: NY Times
12/7/19
She told the conservative radio host Glenn Beck that the Confederate flag symbolized “service, sacrifice and heritage” for some people in her state until Dylann S. Roof “hijacked” it.
Source: ABC News
12/4/19
"We are grateful to Color of Change for bringing attention to this disrespectful practice," the statement added, referencing a California-based racial justice advocacy organization.
Source: The Conversation
12/9/19
by Jason von Meding, David O. Prevatt, and Ksenia Chmutina
The historical context of injustice, discrimination and inequality – experienced through social structures that cause harm to certain people – is often missing. This context informs today’s risk.
Source: NBC News
12/8/19
What happens in the early states, where the former VP is trailing, offers clues about how the nomination might turn out.
Source: History.com
12/5/19
If the United States was going to be different, the framers needed a founding document that fully recognized and defended against the corrupting influence of foreign money and power, particularly on the president.
Source: The Independent
12/5/19
Experts on European politics and history are shocked by the imbalance in the media coverage – and are warning of the probably consequences.
Source: Smithsonian
12/3/19
by Katherine J. Wu
After poring through data ranging from historical texts to pollen samples and mortuary archaeology, an international team of researchers has concluded that reports of the havoc wreaked by the Justinianic plague may have been exaggerated.
Source: USA Today
12/5/19
The Rosa Parks collection includes 140 years of family history and approximately 10,000 items, according to curator Adrienne Cannon.
Source: NY Times
12/2/19
A Maori man attacked a statue to raise awareness of his ancestors’ pain. A newspaper covered the story, and a very important reader took action: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Source: History.com
12/3/19
Among the names the future first president gave his dogs were Sweet Lips, Venus, Trulove, Taster, Tippler, Drunkard and Madame Moose.
Source: Washington Post
12/02/2019
by Ronald G. Schafer
In 1935, the case went to the Supreme Court, which upheld the Senate’s power to jail a recalcitrant aviation industry lawyer.
