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
4/24/19
“The Lost Gutenberg” revolves around Margaret Leslie Doheny’s pursuit of her trophy and what became of it after her death.
Source: Washigton Post
4/25/19
Here’s what went wrong for Biden in 1987 and 2007.
Source: Washington Post
4/24/19
Some community members still talk about the negative impression left by the horrific crime and legal aftermath.
Source: The North Star
4/25/19
by Maria Perez
Warren’s education plan would cancel 95 percent of some student loan debt for the nearly 45 million Americans with debt and eliminate student loan debt for 75 percent of people.
Source: NY Times
4/23/19
by Adam Liptak
Constitutional scholars say offenses involving the lawless use of official power threatening the constitutional order are what the framers thought could justify removal from office.
Source: History.com
4/24/19
As the Union Army faced down a public health crisis in Nashville, it had no choice but to accept the city’s sex workers.
Source: NPR
4/19/19
"We're seeing something that has a very dangerous kind of echo to other less progressive approaches to using the census."
Source: NY Times
4/21/19
Here is some context to help you understand the latest events in the small island nation.
Source: Wired
4/19/19
The ad appeared online earlier this month, but as BuzzFeed first reported, it didn’t draw much attention until critics on social media began sharing it in outrage this week.
Source: Washington Post
4/20/19
The state is one signature away from abolishing Columbus Day altogether and permanently recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Source: Washington Post
4/21/19
The Mueller report raised the issue the Constitution’s framers feared in 1787: Abuse of presidential power.
Source: NBC News
4/22/19
The Chinese railroad workers who helped connect the country.
Source: Time
4/19/19
The feeling of unity expressed by Beyoncé’s loving tribute goes even deeper than viewers may know: throughout that history, HBCUs have contributed to every sphere of American life.
Source: The Conversation
4/23/19
by Ashley Minner
The East Baltimore Church of God, which was founded by Lumbee Indians, was once located in the heart of ‘the reservation,’ in the 1700 block of E. Baltimore Street.
Source: The New Yorker
4/22/19
For a while during his captivity, jazz kept Eric Vogel, a Jewish Czech trumpeter, useful to the Nazis—and therefore alive.
Source: The Conversation
4/17/19
by David Mislin
A century ago views such as Buttigieg’s flourished in the Midwest.
Source: Politico
4/18/19
Lawmakers want the Pentagon to take another look at scores of soldiers who may have been denied the nation's highest military honor due to their race or religion.
Source: The Conversation
4/17/19
by Sarah Nelson
As the international community becomes increasingly concerned about misinformation and data breaches, the Russian government has announced plans to test its own, sweeping solution to the problem: disconnecting Russia from the global internet.
Source: National Security Archive
4/18/19
The release of the redacted Mueller report today focuses new public attention on the systemic problem of over-classification. Here are some classic examples of U.S. government over-zealousness in applying a figurative Magic Marker to information that was already public or should be public.
Source: The Conversation
4/17/19
by Mark M. Smith
No one was better at tactile politics than Abraham Lincoln.
