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: Nevada Appeal
8/6/2019
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Deb Fischer of Nebraska have introduced legislation that would create a series of 25-cent pieces honoring women’s history and suffrage.
Source: USA Today
August 6, 2019
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are releasing a book.
Source: The New York Times
August 7, 2019
Part reference librarian, part gossip columnist, the hotel historian has become an increasingly popular figure in high-end hotels or inns with actual history.
Source: The Conversation
8/4/2019
The public record shows that Trump’s team has either ignored, manipulated or subverted the requirements for analysis and participation on numerous policy actions that range from addressing climate change to the division of waiters'tips.
Source: Time
8/2/2019
This isn’t the first time U.S. citizens have faced the threat of deportation — and its reality.
Source: New York Times
8/4/2019
Swedish authorities refused a prominent researcher’s request for access to official Hammarskjold-related documents on grounds that they are classified under national security laws.
Source: New York Times
8/3/2019
President Xi Jinping has pushed “cultural self-confidence” as a signature policy, and one of the beneficiaries has been the former home of emperors, neglected no longer.
Source: New York Times
8/2/2019
What is this ceaseless looking backward?
Source: New York Times
8/2/2019
Some say it’s a play for customers; others say that’s irrelevant because anyone can search the documents at no cost.
Source: New York Times
8/2/2019
America’s nuns are beginning to confront their ties to slavery, but it’s still a long road to repentance.
Source: The Activist History Review
August 1, 2019
by Abigail Brook
What masqueraded as a policy to create improved housing was, in reality, a means of destroying Black property and community to amplify White wealth and mobility.
Source: The Atlantic
8/5/2019
Soviet experiences from decades past offer examples for what Beijing may do to quell protests in the city.
Source: History Channel
August 1, 2019
The Sumerian people of Mesopotamia had a flair for innovation. Here's how they left their mark.
Source: New York Times
8/5/2019
Over six decades, Mr. Lazarus helped Native American tribes across the country develop their democratic institutions, reclaim lands and exercise their sovereign powers.
Source: Time
July 30, 2019
by Olivia B. Waxman
Joe Biden ran for President in 1988. Read why the campaign only lasted three months.
Source: The Washington Post
The Native Americans had a mighty culture when the English arrived 400 years ago. Soon after, there was conflict.
Source: The Washington Post
August 2, 2019
The long list of tragic deaths to the Kennedy family.
Source: Time
7/31/2019
The Indianapolis-born Dillinger was one of America’s most notorious criminals.
Source: Time
7/27/2019
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project (CRR19), a group led by historian Peter Cole, hopes to make sure the memory lasts beyond the weekend of July 27.
Source: The Atlantic
7/30/19
Many historians insisted this field already exists: it's history.
