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
10/01/2019
by Andrew Robinson
Einstein was widely thought to be public enemy number one of the Nazis.
Source: Forbes
10/5/2019
This week, a World War II-era B-17 tragically crashed in Connecticut. As we absorb what happened, it is important to understand the context behind the flight.
Source: History.com
10/02/2019
by Evan Andrews
In March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi and his followers set off on a brisk 241-mile march to the Arabian Sea town of Dandi to lay Indian claim to the nation's own salt.
Source: The New York Times
10/07/2019
by Fahim Abed and Fatima Faizi
Afghans have endured four decades of conflict, with little prospect of peace. This is the story of the last 18 years since the American invasion, as told by the men and women who’ve lived it.
Source: History.com
10/2/19
Ralph Lazo wasn’t of Japanese descent, but he spent two years at Manzanar in solidarity with his friends.
Source: The Washington Post
October 1, 2019
by Michael E. Ruane
Reporter George Hicks recorded the deafening chaos of battle. On Monday, his original tapes were donated to the National D-Day Memorial.
Source: Washington Post
10/1/19
Carter has reached yet another milestone despite thinking he was on the verge of death just a few years earlier, after doctors discovered that cancer had spread to his brain.
Source: Washington Post
10/3/19
The historic judgment that U.S. presidents do not hold unchecked power to declare executive privilege set a precedent that courts would consider in evaluating whether President Trump could shield his own communications from external scrutiny amid an impeachment inquiry.
Source: CBS Minnesota
10/1/19
For the past week and half, Ukraine has been all over the airwaves. The eastern European county has become the center of an American political scandal.
Source: WBUR
10/2/19
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives could push for depositions to begin this week as Congress considers whether to impeach President Trump.
Source: The Conversation
9/27/19
A former congressional staffer says withholding damning evidence from Congress and using civilians to carry out presidential or intelligence agency agendas links the Ukraine crisis to other scandals.
Source: Washington Post
9/27/19
Kehinde Wiley, the man who painted the portrait of Barack Obama that now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, unveiled his latest work, a monumentally scaled bronze equestrian statue of Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sept 30, 2019
by Eric Stirgus
University of Georgia leaders say they want to know more about the school’s history concerning slavery and are committing $100,000 for faculty to submit research proposals.
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
9/27/19
A new interactive project seeks to preserve oral testimonies connected to 20 historic locations.
Source: The Washington Post
September 23, 2019
by Hannah Natanson
Thousands of protesters against the Vietnam War took to the streets of downtown Washington in May 1971 with a single goal: Bring traffic to a total, grinding halt in the nation’s capital.
Source: The Conversation
9/27/19
by Jennifer M. Pacella
In many instances, whistleblowers find the abusive power they have revealed turned against them, both ending their careers and harming their personal lives.
Source: Time
9/27/2019
by Jasmine Aguilera
A century after a massacre of Mexican men by white Texans, these families are speaking up and telling the world what happened.
Source: History Channel
9/24/19
Fifty years ago, the trial raised questions about the First Amendment and exposed a culture clash in America.
Source: Wall Street Journal
9/29/19
The legal definition of the phrase ‘high Crimes and Misdemeanors’ was left flexible by the framers of the Constitution to protect against abuses of power
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
9/27/19
Renia Spiegel was killed by the Nazis when she was 18 years old.
