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
7-4-18
The up-and-down nature of past efforts suggests the process could be fraught with pitfalls, including a mixed record of cooperation from the North Koreans.
Source: New Historian
6-27-18
With an analysis of prehistoric animal remains from Germany, we can deduce that Neanderthals were capable of sophisticated and collaborative hunting strategies.
Source: The Washington Post
7-4-18
That includes the United States.
Source: Politico
7-2-18
Forged letters from before his presidency claimed to show in his own words that he privately sympathized with the British monarchy and thought the American cause was doomed.
Source: Gallup
7-2-18
This is the first time Gallup has found that only a minority are proud of their country.
Source: Time Magazine
7-3-18
The ad, paid for by the Becoming American Initiative, uses audio of a Reagan speech in which he praised immigrants and their contributions to American society, along with footage and photographs of the Statue of Liberty and various immigrants through the years.
Source: The Washington Post
6-29-18
But Kennedy’s may be unrivaled.
Source: Newsweek
6-28-18
One third of Americans think so.
Source: Time Magazine
6-28-18
GW appointed the most number of justices (of course). FDR’s nominees served the most years.
Source: History channel
7-1-18 (accessed)
The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, commonly referred to as the “court-packing plan,” was Roosevelt’s attempt to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court for every justice older than 70 years, 6 months, who had served 10 years or more.
Source: NYT
There are too many striking parallels, they said, between their treatment and the logic to justify keeping people out of the country.
Source: The Guardian
6-28-18
Two damning reports reveal British intelligence’s treatment of terrorism suspects.
Source: NYT
6-27-18
The World Cup will depart Volgograd on Thursday after a final first-round game in this city along the Volga River. What will remain are all the echoes of the past.
Source: Time Magazine
6-25-18
Here's what to know about Britain's controversial role in shaping the region.
Source: NBC News
6-28-18
Legal experts told NBC News that the retiring justice rooted many of his key opinions in his belief that a "right to dignity" was protected by the Constitution.
Source: The Washington Post
6-27-18
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum unveiled the newly acquired Hill footage, which it says offers a fresh, remarkably clear glimpse into one of the great secrets of FDR’s public life.
Source: AFP
6-27-18
The amendment removes fines or criminal penalties of up to three years in prison for anyone found guilty of ascribing Nazi crimes to the Polish nation or state.
Source: Smithsonian
6-28-18 (accessed)
For centuries, the people of the mountain village of Chambon-sur-Lignon have opened their arms to the world’s displaced.
Source: Smithsonian
6-28-18 (accessed)
In Nogales, Arizona, the United States and Mexico agreed to build walls separating their countries.
Source: The Daily Beast
6-27-18
More than 1.9 million enslaved Africans arrived in Rio de Janeiro, and thousands of them died upon arrival. One woman has made it her mission to remember them.
