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: Civil War Memory
6-23-17
by Kevin Levin
A researcher reports that Carter believes that public plaques should feature the Lost Cause interpretation of the Civil War.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
6-16-17
The state legislator denied that slavery caused the war.
Source: Your Daily Record
6-23-17
One group set up a Facebook page: "Support America and Her History, Rally! If You Hate US, Leave!"
Source: Time Magazine
6-22-17
Located in the affluent suburb of McLean, Va., the hefty price tag makes the property, called Merrywood, the most expensive in the region.
Source: The Washington Post
6-23-17
The National Park Service discovered the memorial in 2006, but it remained unknown until a journalist happened to learn of it.
Source: NYT
6-23-17
The genocide trial of two senior Khmer Rouge leaders concluded its hearings on Friday with an angry scolding by the lawyer for one defendant and a humble bow to the victims by the other.
Source: Jewish Standard
6-22-17
The findings of an Anti-Defamation League report released this week found that 42 KKK groups are active in 33 states, with an estimate of some 3,000 members. More than half the groups were either formed or restarted in the past three years.
Source: CBC News
6-25-17
"You're celebrating colonization."
Source: The Hill
6-21-17
“I believe that there’s no reason not to support it,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), who introduced the bill. “It helps the country, it helps women, and it’s truly bipartisan.”
Source: The Washington Post
6-22-17
The key work on creating the Senate version of the ACA was done in secret.
Source: The Atlanta Journal Constitution
6-22-17
For decades, successive generations of school leaders seemed to downplay the troubling history, but now they are preparing to formally acknowledge Wesleyan’s Klan history, as well as ties to slavery.
Source: Newsweek
6-22-17
A new discovery may hold some clues as to how carved images evolved into a formal writing system.
Source: NYT
6-21-17
It completely overlooks Mr. Geisel’s anti-Japanese cartoons from World War II, which he later regretted.
Source: NPR
6-20-17
by Julian Zelizer (Interview)
Medicare was largely designed in secret, though there had been public hearings.
Source: The Washington Post
6-20-17
With the help of a $10 million gift from philanthropist David Rubenstein, the Montpelier staff has devoted new attention and resources to tell their story.
Source: The Guardian
6-22-17
Iraqi PM denounces levelling of Mosul building where Islamic State leader declared a caliphate three years ago.
6-19-17
It was a historic reunion, the guests told one another, held this weekend to mark the 45th anniversary of the 1972 Watergate break-in.
Source: NBC News
6-20-17
Some 75 objects were found in a collector's home in Beccar, a suburb north of Buenos Aires, and authorities say they suspect they are originals that belonged to high-ranking Nazis in Germany during World War II.
Source: NYT
6-19-17
He cites Alien and Sedition Acts, suppression of civil liberties in the Civil War, and the internment of Japanese-Americans in World War II.
Source: CBS News (video)
6-19-17
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery at 27 and repeatedly risked her life over the next decade, returning to Maryland about a dozen times and rescuing more than 70 family members and friends. Chip Reid reports on how her legacy is being honored.
