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
11-21-16
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
11-21-16
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
11-17-16
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
11-17-16
Is it possible to eliminate the Electoral College without amending the Constitution?
Source: Tablet Magazine
11-16-16
A discussion of the past serves as a proxy for political differences in the present.
Source: FiveThirtyEight
11-16-16
Parties rarely spend long periods completely shut out of the national government, but it has happened a few times.
Source: Reuters
11-16-16
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
11-15-16
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
11-16-16
Mr. Trump is hardly the first president-elect to preside over a disorderly takeover.
Source: NYT
11-17-16
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
11-15-16
It goes all the way back to George Washington.
Source: NYT
11-14-16
On television, Long March soap operas, documentaries and variety shows abound.
Source: The Cavalier Daily
11-13-16
Some 500 students and professors have signed a petition against Jefferson.
Source: The Boston Globe
11-12-16
“I’d compare Trump to Andrew Jackson because of both men’s populist rhetoric and xenophobic appeals." - H.W. Brands
Source: NPR
11-13-16
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
11-12-16
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
11-11-16
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
11-11-16
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
11-11-16
The transition period is a notoriously tricky time.
Source: Raw Story
11-12-16
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.”
