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
5-4-17
There was another presidential contest loser who also chose the vocal-and-angry route — none other than Trump’s hero, Andrew Jackson.
Source: The Boston Globe
5-3-17
“If you don’t really know anything about the history of race relations, the history of Supreme Court decisions, the history of Jim Crow, the history of lynchings, the history of slavery, how are you going to even know how to respond when young black people are disturbed and outraged today.”
Source: New Republic
5-3-17
They're in great demand by the media. But will many Americans even believe what they’re saying, or accuse them of partisan bias?
Source: NYT
5-2-17
After it was threatened with demolition, the house was moved to Berlin, where it was opened to the public in early April.
Source: NBC News
5-2-17
Seven decades after the first black player joined the majors, the sport is still suffering from bouts of racism.
Source: The Hill
5-3-17
The center will sit near a lagoon that runs into Lake Michigan in the Jackson Park neighborhood and will feature three buildings – a museum, a forum and a library – as well as outdoor gathering spaces.
Source: CNN
5-2-17
Senator Orrin Hatch criticized President Donald Trump Tuesday over his call to end the filibuster, saying the US "would have gone straight to socialism" without the Senate rule.
Source: NYT
5-1-17
A midcentury war began a crisis of identity and integration that is playing out in France's battle for presidency.
Source: National Security Archive
5-2-17
“We are funding their activities, or we are protecting ourselves. It’s questionable.”
Source: The Daily Beast
4-28-17
by Max Holland
It was the unfounded claim that JFK was assassinated as the result of some sort of conspiracy, perhaps even by the CIA.
Source: LA Times
4-29-17
“Flash point!: An Immersive 360° Look at Photographing the L.A. Riots” features photos taken during the riots with accompanying virtual-reality short films.
Source: NYT
4-27-17
Sifting through teaspoons of clay and sand scraped from the floors of caves, German researchers have managed to isolate ancient human DNA — without turning up a single bone.
Source: NPR
Jean-François Jalkh has stepped down as the leader of France's far-right National Front party, after controversy over his remarks about Nazi Germany's use of Zyklon B gas to kill Jews during World War II.
Source: Yahoo
5-1-17
President Trump during an interview questioned why the country had a Civil War and suggested former President Andrew Jackson could have prevented it had he served later.
Source: NPR
4-28-17
Georgetown University says it will try to atone to the descendants of slaves sold more than a century ago. One concrete step is "preferential admissions" for descendants, but it doesn't help everyone.
Source: US News and World Report
4-28-17
He’s gone further than other presidents. With him it’s personal.
Source: Politico
4-27-17
Unless the president intervenes, we’ll soon know more secrets about the Kennedy assassination.
Source: Sage
4-20-17
by Matthew N. Beckmann
In fact, it turns out there was a defining moment when Nixon disengaged from his administration: on December 6, 1973, the day Gerald Ford was confirmed as Vice President.
Source: The Washington Post
4-26-17
“I can either run the country or I can attend to Alice, but I can’t possibly do both,” a frustrated T.R. once famously declared.
Source: The Guardian
4-26-17
Sheri Few, who is running for South Carolina’s fifth congressional district, has said the removal of a Confederate monument in the state should be matched by the removal of a memorial to African American slaves. And if elected, she said she would focus on “fighting the destruction of every bit of Confederate memorabilia in our country.”
