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 Washington Post
9-5-18
Ida Lewis rowed into the stormy waters of Newport harbor in Rhode Island to rescue mariners in distress. Since she died in 1911, her deeds have been largely forgotten.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune
9-4-18
Few, if any, books about the beginning of Mormonism start with an Indonesian volcano.
Source: JStor
8-27-18
In 1968 violent events at home and aboard were broadcast in color on the television news, creating impacts that may have swayed the presidential election.
Source: NYT
8-31-18
Longer lives, longer terms and tougher nomination fights, as well as a premium on youth.
Source: Newsweek
8-30-18
Researchers probing the stalagmites of Romania think cold weather may have contributed to the the extinction of our closest human cousins—the Neanderthals.
Source: Artnet News
8-27-18
ISIS occupied the city on two separate occasions between 2015 and 2017, destroying many of its historic treasures.
Source: Boston Globe
9-1-18
More than 60 Harvard professors were eligible to vote on whether to offer Elizabeth Warren a tenured position at the law school in 1993. The Globe reached out to all of the living professors who could have been in that room to ask whether her claims to Native American heritage were a factor in their votes.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
8-29-18
Days after the toppled bronze monument was put on a dump truck and driven into the rainy darkness to an undisclosed location, the hold it has over campus remains as powerful, if not stronger, than ever.
Source: NYT
8-28-18
In this niche world based on trust, where confidants are currency and handshake deals are commonplace, the arrest of a prominent dealer is a shocking suggestion of deceit.
Source: NYT
8-24-18
Andrew M. Cuomo was about to marry. Donald J. Trump was about to divorce. And the future governor of New York and the future president of the United States crossed paths at Mr. Cuomo’s bachelor party.
Source: NYT
9-2-18
The destruction to the building was significant, and it is unclear whether any historical artifacts had been saved. The museum housed a collection of more than 20 million items.
Source: NYT
8/29/18
History enters the debate over renaming the Russell Senate Office Building.
Source: WaPo
8/25/18
Some protesters held Confederate flags while others chanted, “White supremacy’s got to go, hey hey ho ho!”
Source: NYT
8/25/18
In old age Hirohito blamed himself for the war.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Ed
8/24/18
The three face misdemeanor charges of riot and defacing of a public monument.
Source: NPR
8-22-18
It's been 110 years since the 1908 Race Riot erupted in Springfield.
Source: Smithsonian
8-24-18 (accessed)
Just-discovered letters herald the significance of an unsung Revolutionary woman, Julia Rush.
Source: Longreads
8/23/18
by Elon Green
"Allegations that Richard Nixon beat his wife, Pat Nixon, have circulated for decades without serious examination by the journalists who covered his presidency."
Source: The Conversation
8-23-18
by Michael Koncewicz
During Watergate, a significant number of GOP members of Congress and the Nixon administration publicly resisted President Richard Nixon’s efforts to undermine the rule of law. Today’s GOP leaders, with few exceptions, meekly follow President Trump.
Source: The Washington Post
8-22-18
Some — but not all — communities did it themselves first. Why?
