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: The Conversation
3/25/19
by Alan Avery-Peck
What do we know about his papacy and the environment in which he was working?
Source: USA Today
3/24/19
Each interview will be transcribed and available to search by keywords. Names will be kept private but ages and hometowns will be available.
Source: NY Times
3/25/19
The tapes featuring Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and three of his accused co-conspirators were made between April and October 2001, prosecutors say.
Source: The Conversation
3/26/19
by Michelle L.D. Hanlon
You may be surprised to learn there are more than a hundred sites on the Moon with evidence of human activity.
Source: New Yorker
Accessed 3/26/19
Starting in the fourteenth century, cooling temperatures disrupted our economic and social structures—and may have given rise to the modern world.
Source: National Security Archive
3/24/19
The turnover of formerly secret U.S. intelligence records—the collection will include CIA, FBI, NSC, and Defense Intelligence Agency documents—will culminate a special U.S. government declassification project authorized three years ago today by then-President Barack Obama.
Source: WBUR
3/22/19
“Rich people have gotten their kids into college for, well, pretty much the history of colleges."
Source: NY Times
3/21/19
The Six-Day War of June 1967 ended in decisive victories for Israel, which seized the Golan Heights from Syria.
Source: Washington Post
3/22/19
Brenton Tarrant, the white supremacist suspected of killing at least 50 people last week in two New Zealand mosques, saw his murderous rampage as part of a morbid historical fantasy.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
3/25/19
“What would it mean to the psychology of this nation if the truce flag replaced the flag associated with hate and white supremacy?”
Source: Truth Out
3/21/19
In Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism, author Nan Enstad reveals how the definitive moments in the expansion of corporate power took place through one of the deadliest commodities.
Source: Washington Post
3/24/19
Mary Bowser was a servant for Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond. No one suspected she was feeding vital information to the Union.
Source: Washington Post
3/22/19
Robert Mueller’s predecessors investigated Watergate, Iran-contra and Bill Clinton. Here's what recent those examples can teach us.
Source: NY Times
3/25/19
Remains buried in the First Baptist cemetery were believed to have been moved in 1860. But many coffins and bones were still there.
Source: Smithsonian.com
3/26/19
“I was stunned,” says director Lonnie Bunch; historic Emily Howland photo album contains dozens of other abolitionists and leaders who took an active role.
Source: History.com
3/22/19
Before the invasion, the Allied commander was at odds with air force officers and Churchill over a controversial plan.
Source: New York Times
3/20/19
Tamara Lanier is suing Harvard University for ownership of daguerreotypes of slaves who she says are her ancestors.
Source: Informed Comment
3/20/19
by Juan Cole
Slavery began in British North America in the 1600s. So it took longer than 150 years to abolish it. More like 200 years.
Source: NPR
3/20/19
Analysts expect Boeing to weather this storm. The company has certainly survived other rough patches in its century-long history.
Source: The Atlantic
3/21/19
Many Istanbulites are concerned that the city’s plans for the future leave its storied past behind.
