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: Smithsonian
9-5-18
A new study posits that an 1815 eruption caused inclement weather that, according to some theories, led to Napoleon’s defeat.
Source: NYT
9-11-18
Germany has yet to come to terms with its violent colonial legacy in Africa, which laid the groundwork for Nazi atrocities, historians and activists say.
Source: The Conversation
9-11-18
by Robert A. Sedler
Here’s what it really means.
Source: Bloomberg
9-12-18
That’s a big problem for Republicans as they try to maintain control of Congress.
Source: Princeton
9/10/18
Xiyue Wang, a Chinese American student, was imprisoned two years ago after doing research in 19th and 20th century archives that were legally available to scholars.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
9-10-18
Three years ago, the U. of Texas at Austin took down a monument to Jefferson Davis and moved it to the campus’s Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. That offers one possible solution to the question now facing the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Source: NYT
9-8-18
On Sept. 8, 1974, President Gerald R. Ford pardoned former President Richard M. Nixon over his role in the Watergate scandal. Reporters were stunned.
Source: NYT
9-10-18
For the tiny village of Sukioniai in western Lithuania, the exploits of General Storm, a local anti-Communist hero executed by the Soviet secret police in 1947, have long been a source of pride. All along, though, there have been persistent whispers that General Storm, whose real name was Jonas Noreika, also helped the Nazis kill Jews.
Source: The Washington Post
9-8-18
Though Adams was a Founding Father of the United States’ democracy, he couldn’t abide personal scorn.
Source: AP
9-9-18
This week, history did not just repeat itself, it climbed out of the dustbin and returned in the flesh.
Source: NYT
9-7-18
President Lyndon B. Johnson during the ceremony to ratify the 25th amendment at the White House in 1967. The amendment came about because of succession concerns if the president became incapacitated.
Source: NYT
9-8-18
The end of the Entrada is rekindling debate over how to portray New Mexico’s complex history.
Source: The Washington Post
9-8-18
Committee suggests removing the word from Texas curriculum.
Source: The Atlantic
9-6-18
A favorite anecdote about the origins of the vibrator is probably a myth.
Source: The Hill
9-6-18
"You know when Abraham Lincoln made that Gettysburg Address speech, the great speech, you know he was ridiculed?" Trump said during a rally in Billings, Montana.
Source: Politico
9-4-18
by Joshua Zeitz
Opposition to the famous court case empowered the Christian right. If the ruling is struck down, this time abortion rights activists will come out on top.
Source: The Conversation
9-5-18
by Kim Haines-Eitzen
The fact is for a long time the Catholic Church struggled with its interpretation of Scriptures on priestly celibacy. It wasn’t until the 12th century that priestly celibacy became mandatory.
Source: NY Review of Books
9-6-18
“Trump’s spent his entire life trying to avoid responsibility, and he’ll do the same here.”
Source: NPR
9-5-18
The short answer: It's a way, other than impeachment, provided by the Constitution for power to be taken away from a sitting president.
Source: The Washington Post
9-5-18
Henry Wade was a renowned Dallas prosecutor when the landmark abortion case bearing his name was decided by the Supreme Court in 1973.
