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: Inside Higher ED
November 21, 2016
Members of the Middle East Studies Association voted in favor of advancing a resolution to remove the word “nonpolitical” from the group’s bylaws in what opponents see as a prelude to a future vote on the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel.
Source: MyNewsLA.com
November 21, 2016
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeie said the residence symbolized “a home for many Germans who worked toward a better future for their country, paved the way for an open society and laid the foundations for common transatlantic values.”
Source: KABB
November 17, 2016
The Texas Board of Education has unanimously rejected a Mexican-American studies textbook that experts say is rife with factual errors and anti-Hispanic bias.
Source: Politifact
November 17, 2016
Is it possible to eliminate the Electoral College without amending the Constitution?
Source: Tablet Magazine
November 16, 2016
A discussion of the past serves as a proxy for political differences in the present.
Source: FiveThirtyEight
November 16, 2016
Parties rarely spend long periods completely shut out of the national government, but it has happened a few times.
Source: Reuters
November 16, 2016
The American Museum of Women's History would close a gap in the U.S. capital, which has museums devoted to everything from space and spies to stamps and black history, but none focused on women, its backers said.
Source: The Atlantic
November 15, 2016
Here are some images from the 1860s when the current dome was originally built, some images of the recent restoration process, and a few shots of the newly-restored structure.
Source: NYT
November 16, 2016
Mr. Trump is hardly the first president-elect to preside over a disorderly takeover.
Source: NYT
November 17, 2016
The novel follows a young slave named Cora who escapes a Georgia plantation and, in a surreal twist, travels north via a literal underground subway.
Source: Time Magazine
November 15, 2016
It goes all the way back to George Washington.
Source: NYT
November 14, 2016
On television, Long March soap operas, documentaries and variety shows abound.
Source: The Cavalier Daily
November 13, 2016
Some 500 students and professors have signed a petition against Jefferson.
Source: The Boston Globe
November 12, 2016
“I’d compare Trump to Andrew Jackson because of both men’s populist rhetoric and xenophobic appeals." - H.W. Brands
Source: NPR
November 13, 2016
About 6.1 million people who were convicted of breaking laws could not cast ballots because of policies that keep felons off voter rolls, according to justice reform organization The Sentencing Project.
Source: New Historian
November 12, 2016
Excavation of a newly-discovered grave site in central Tuscany dating to the Etruscan civilization has revealed the man interred within had been shackled around the neck and ankles when laid to rest. The 2,500-year-old grave is the first Etruscan burial of its kind ever found to feature shackles.
Source: USA Today
November 11, 2016
In an exclusive interview with USA TODAY College, Bruce J. Schulman, the William E. Huntington Professor of History at Boston University, weighs in on the realities of the Electoral College.
Source: Vox
November 11, 2016
Realistically, considering how big a lead Trump has, who the electors are, how their votes are counted, and hundreds of years of American democratic norms, it’s a silly fantasy that is just in no way, shape, or form going to happen.
Source: Time Magazine
November 11, 2016
The transition period is a notoriously tricky time.
Source: Raw Story
November 12, 2016
Navarro — a 40-year classroom veteran and expert in Holocaust studies — said, “This feels like we’re trying to squash free speech. Everything I talk about is factually based. They can go and check it out. It’s not propaganda or bias if it’s based on hard facts.”
