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: AP
6-29-17
The foundation that operates the eastern Virginia attraction is in final negotiations with four companies that will manage its golf operations, retail stores, much of its maintenance and facilities operations and its commercial real estate, President and CEO Mitchell Reiss said.
Source: Smithsonian
6-30-17
"Once Upon a Place" features the oral histories of 70 immigrants.
Source: The Washington Post
6-30-17
Parties don’t usually throw out congressional leaders after electoral losses.
Source: The Washington Post
6-29-17
The fight began nearly 25 years ago, an epic legal tussle over a single word: Redskins.
Source: Time Magazine
6-28-17
The answer will determine their financial future.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
6-29-17
At the University of Virginia they’re building a memorial to the slaves who built the place.
Source: Time Magazine
6-29-17
Here's what the Man behind Godwin's Law thinks.
Source: Time Magazine
6-29-17
It's not necessarily what Trump said that makes his comments unusual, but that he chose to say it publicly.
Source: The Atlantic
6-27-17
The ruling by the Hague Appeals Court upholds a lower court’s decision three years ago.
Source: The Washington Post
6-28-17
University President Teresa Sullivan urged community members in an email to “avoid the rally and avoid confrontation” when the North Carolina-based Loyal White Knights come to Charlottesville on July 8 to protest the city’s decision to remove a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
Source: WSOCTV
6-28-17
When developer Matthew Browder bought a large piece of land five years ago, he had no idea what lied beneath.
Source: patch.com
6-28-17
The N.J. rally was held in support of HR-40, which would create a commission to explore African-American slavery reparations in the U.S.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
6-27-17
Mustard was not used on the battlefields of World War II, but Allied armies, gearing for its possible use or other chemical warfare, conducted mustard gas experiments on their own soldiers during that war.
Source: NYT
6-27-17
As right-wing populism has roiled elections and upended politics across the West, there is one country where populists have largely failed to break through: Canada.
Source: The Washington Post
6-26-17
The law came out of the subcommittee of Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.) in the 1950s.
Source: NYT
6-25-17
Time’s time capsule will finally be exhumed from the building at 1271 Avenue of the Americas, which it vacated two years ago.
Source: The Washington Post
6-25-17
Restored by Grace United Methodist Church, it once housed slaves who worked on the Clover Hill Farm.
Source: Newsweek
6-26-17
Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin has been voted the most “outstanding” figure in Russia’s history, beating the country’s most beloved poet, Alexander Pushkin, and current Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Source: The Washington Post
6-26-17
The blog will feature commentary from 75 historians from nationally renowned universities and institutions including Harvard University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia and more.
Source: Toronto Star
6-24-17
Clip viewed more than 200,000 times on Facebook shows four black men pushing a float by hand, followed by an all-white chorus.
