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 Times of Israel
3-22-18
Law attempting to penalize people overseas, independently of the laws in their countries, may go against Poland's constitution, says country's top justice official.
Source: Vox
3-20-18
With Trump as president, we find ourselves asking again: How strong is support for democracy in America really? Could Americans actually let an authoritarian strongman trample on our democratic norms?
Source: The Washington Post
3-20-18
When did this craziness about the Rothschilds begin? A long time ago. Why? The Battle of Waterloo.
Source: Smithsonian
3-16-18
Sheila Minor was not, as some suggested, “support staff.” She was a biological research technician who went on to a 35-year-long scientific career.
Source: The Atlantic
3-19-18
U.S. forces invaded the country 15 years ago this week—and left behind a booming trade in looted artifacts.
Source: NYT
3-20-18
His findings trace the prehistoric migrations of our species.
Source: CNN
3-19-18
The FBI is now investigating.
Source: Huffington Post
3-17-18
It’s hard to teach history that isn’t quite history yet.
Source: Vox
3-20-18
If you have no idea which wave of feminism we’re in right now, read this.
Source: The Washington Post
3-19-18
A statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith will be replaced with one of Mary McLeod Bethune, who founded a school that would eventually become historically black Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Source: Pew Research Center
3-19-18
While both Republicans and Democrats were more supportive of the war initially than they are today, the partisan gap is roughly the same as it was then.
Source: Time Magazine
3-16-18
This Is what it was like to cover his trial.
Source: NYT
3-17-18
An Indian publisher came under fire this week for including Hitler in a children’s book about world leaders who have “devoted their lives for the betterment of their country and people.”
Source: NYT
3-17-18
Pagans, Neo-Nazis and Advertisers Tussle Over Symbols
Source: National Security Archive
3/16/18
The documents released by the National Security Archive reveal that he was led to think that the Partnership for Peace was the alternative to NATO.
Source: The Spectator
3-14-18
by Nicholas Farrell
Steve Bannon on fascism, populism and everything in between
Source: The Washington Post
3-15-18
A mix of journalistic mistakes and partisan hackery advanced a pernicious lie about Democrats and the Klan.
Source: National Security Archive
3/15/18
Dozens of messages, together with responses by the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, were posted today by the National Security Archive.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
3-15-18
Investigation documents how an early president of the college harassed and assaulted numerous women. Board strips his name from two buildings and revokes his honorary degree.
Source: The Atlantic
3-14-18
The genomes of the long dead are turning up all sorts of unexpected and controversial findings.