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
1/10/19
President Trump’s visit to the border to demand $5.7 billion for a wall marks another chapter in the boundary’s tortured history
Source: Time
1/10/19
There were more than 1,000 such strikes involving more than 823,000 teachers from July 1960 to June 1974.
Source: The Conversation
1/9/19
by John A. Tures
One of the biggest myths about government shutdowns is that presidents usually win.
Source: Richard Norton
accessed 1/10/19
Although it is not a documentary film, much of its history about lesbianism in the court of Queen Anne is fairly accurate – or at least accurately reflects contemporary views about Queen Anne.
Source: New York Review of Books
1/10/19
“Yes, we are sick—we are sick of your manipulation and exploitation of us,” gay activist Frank Kameny declared in 1971.
Source: 50.50
1/9/19
A century after some UK women won the vote, most of the suffragette stories we hear still focus on the elite. But this was a diverse movement.
Source: Washington Post
1/10/10
Following President Trump’s nationally televised plea to build a border wall, we look at the modern history of the arrest of migrants attempting to enter the United States without authorization.
Source: Smithsonian.com
1/9/19
In a forgotten chapter of history, the president and his Seneca Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Ely Parker, fought for Native American rights
Source: Houston Chronicle
1/9/19
The discovery of 95 African-American remains at a Fort Bend school district construction site has put a new focus on the brutal history of the state’s convict-leasing system and the use of inmates to make money for the prisons.
Source: NPR
1/9/19
The discovery adds to a growing recognition that women, and not just monks, labored as the anonymous scribes who painstakingly copied manuscripts and decorated the pages to dazzle the eye.
Source: Foreign Affairs
1/7/19
What China Can Learn From America
Source: Washington Post
1/8/19
The word, used throughout history as both a pejorative and a badge of honor, has deep roots in American political rhetoric.
Source: Houston Public Media
1/8/19
Magnolia’s Lynn Rippelmeyer tells how fate — in the form of some bad weather — allowed her and her mentor to make aviation history.
Source: Smithsonian.com
1/7/19
by Megan Gannon
Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of five houses that lay witness to the tragedy that set Springfield, Illinois, on fire in 1908.
Source: NPR
1/8/19
The spirit of every president in the television age will be alive in the memories of millions watching at home.
Source: NPR
1/6/19
The rare tape was provided by Rustin's surviving partner who preserved a library of backup recordings. Those recordings have helped foster a better understanding of the gay icon — one that Marcus concedes was absent from his civil rights education.
Source: Washington Post
1/7/19
“It was a mistake to use this song. We regret having done so and we apologize,” ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said.
Source: Fox News
1/7/19
"Because the Nazis destroyed nearly all records of the massacre, it is important to try to uncover what actually happened at the time."
Source: History Channel
1/4/19
As they traveled west from the drought-ravaged Midwest, American-born migrants were viewed as disease-ridden intruders who would sponge off the government.
Source: Pacific Standard
1/5/19
No one has ever shut down the government before over a single issue. Plus: What's special about this incoming class of congresspeople.
