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: Boston Globe
12-12-17
It was written in the 19th century by a songwriter who was cashing in on minstrel shows.
Source: History channel
12-14-17
Much like “Merry Christmas,” it turns out that “Happy Holidays” also has religious roots.
Source: Inside Higher ED
12-14-17
Reports indicate congressional negotiators have dropped repeal of tax-exempt tuition waivers for graduate students and other provisions affecting higher ed from final tax-reform bill.
Source: Quartz
12-13-17
A comparison of the census map of 1860 showing concentration of slaves in Alabama with the votes in the Senate election this week show that Roy Moore’s support was highest in white counties from 1860.
Source: NYT
12-12-17
In the 1980s, the Soviets peddled "bum dope about AIDS" around the world. Moscow's tactics haven't changed much in the years since.
Source: The Washington Post
12-12-17
It’s the lock that launched a two-year investigation and took down a president. And now more than four decades later — and for a starting bid of $50,000 — it can be a really wonky conversation piece.
Source: Forbes
12-11-17
As questions swirl over whether a sitting President can be indicted for a federal crime, the ancient and medieval history of providing political immunity to leaders, ambassadors, clerics and witnesses reveals a troubling past.
Source: National Security Archive
12-12-17
The documents show that multiple national leaders were considering and rejecting Central and Eastern European membership in NATO as of early 1990 and through 1991.
Source: Harvard Gazette
12-7-17
The memorial will be part of a museum that traces the country’s history of racial inequality from enslavement to mass incarceration.
Source: Fareed Zakaria GPS (CNN)
12-10-17
You can blame the birth of agriculture.
Source: NYT
12-10-17
Historians say violent behavior that gave rise to the phrase "run amok" - and then subsided - can teach us about mass killings today.
Source: The Washington Post
12-11-17
by Sid Bedingfield
The untold story of the double agent who attacked the paper from within.
Source: Star Tribune
12-8-17
The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee relied on the past when the present offers little support for his view.
Source: The Washington Post
12-11-17
Native tribes exist in an odd semi-sovereign legal state, which often pits tribal rights against the rights of states, or the authority of the federal government, or both. Such conflicts are frequently resolved in the courts — where the odds are not in the tribes’ favor.
Source: The Washington Post
12-10-17
At least two of the college’s presidents owned slaves.
Source: History channel
12-8-17
The women standing up today are in fact part of a long history of activists fighting sexual harassment.
Source: CBS News
12-9-17
The tombs, located on the west bank of the river Nile in a cemetery for noblemen and top officials, are the latest discovery in the city famed for its temples and tombs spanning different dynasties of ancient Egyptian history.
Source: Chapelboro.com
12-7-17
“Of the many things that he did, and his ideas are still with us."
Source: NYT
12-7-17
The memoirs include the emperor's account of the attack on Pearl Harbor and Japan's surrender.
Source: NYT
12-6-17
The places with the most opportunity used to attract the most new residents, in a cycle of fast-growing cities and rising prosperity. But no more.
