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: Washington Post
6/19/19
by Calvin Schermerhorn
When one system of economic oppression collapsed, new ones were created to fill the void.
Source: Pew Research Center
6/17/19
63% believing slavery affects the position of black people in American society today either a great deal or a fair amount.
Source: NY Times
6/19/19
The governor’s proclamation is part of a cultural moment in which Americans are increasingly grappling with the nation’s past sins.
Source: AP
6/19/19
In addition to documents, photographs and the indexed genealogies of thousands of descendants, the project includes recorded interviews with dozens of living descendants.
Source: Daily Beast
6/19/19
In 1987, Trump attacked Reagan’s deployment in the Gulf to protect ‘ships we don’t own, carrying oil we don’t need destined for allies who won’t help.’
Source: Washington Post
6/20/19
A new book, “Precious and Adored: The Love Letters of Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson Whipple, 1890-1918,” makes it clear that Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson Whipple were more than just friends, according to its editors.
Source: NY Times
6/19/19
More than 150 years later, historians have discovered the Bible for the first time, a unique artifact of the 16th president’s life that they did not even know existed.
Source: NPR
6/18/19
A four-year NPR investigation, led by Alabama-based reporters Chip Brantley and Andrew Beck Grace, found an eyewitness to the attack who has never spoken publicly about what she saw.
Source: Slate
6/19/19
by Rebecca Onion
A new book takes a historical look at how tech affects our collective mental state—and somehow, it’s not tedious.
Source: Smithsonian.com
6/18/19
by Karin Wulf
In Washington’s Virginia, family was a crucial determinant of social and economic status, and freedom.
Source: Vox
6/20/19
The 1994 “tough on crime” law remains a big topic of debate in 2020 Democratic debates. Here’s what you need to know.
Source: NPR
6/16/19
Victoria Hui, a Hong Kong native and political scientist at the University of Notre Dame, explains Hong Kong's political history as protests continue there.
Source: Washington Post
6/14/19
The bloody Iran-Iraq war from 1980 to 1988 also played out in the Persian Gulf, and hundreds of ships owned by or associated with the two sides were targeted in the conflict.
Source: Washington Post
6/13/19
This is the second time the museum has come under fire for its treatment of the second African American member of the Supreme Court.
Source: Space.com
6/15/2019
If Congress still needs some convincing, the timing may be right.
Source: The National Interest
6/16/2019
Because of its propensity to catch fire, the Sherman soon gained several nicknames. “Tommycooker” (which was a World War I trench cooker), “Ronsons” (a la the cigarette lighter that were guaranteed in their ads to “Light up the first time, every time!”), and also what the Free Poles called “The Burning Grave.”
Source: Time
06/13/2019
by Olivia B. Waxman
President Trump's use of executive privilege in comparison with other American presidents.
Source: The Week
6/16/2019
Kings, queens, and emperors have ruled over nations for 5,000 years. How have they adapted to the 21st century?
Source: New York Times
6/17/2019
As generations of pilots and mechanics age, will there be enough young people to keep the planes flying?
Source: Politico Magazine
06/06/2019
by Joshua Zeitz
How World War Two transformed United States citizens from divided patriots into united believers of the "arsenal of democracy".
