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: NYT
11-13-16
Political scholars offering the “first historical assessment” of the Obama presidency gather to make revisions after the stunning election.
Source: The Washington Post
11-11-16
It's possible that 2016 will be our own 1914.
Source: The Los Angeles Times
11-10-16
Americans mourning Hillary Clinton’s loss for historical reasons can look to several victories for female politicians Tuesday that would have probably made Susan B. Anthony proud.
Source: NYT
11-11-16
Archaeologists have found more than 40 vessels in the Black Sea, some more than a millennium old, shedding light on early empires and trade routes.
Source: NYT
11-10-16
So Why Does It Endure?
Source: NYT
11-11-16
She won by more than Gore in 2000, Nixon in 1968 or Kennedy in 1960, it seems.
Source: National Geographic
11-10-16
Archaeological remains in two capitals of a long-lost empire are destroyed as battle to liberate Mosul continues.
Source: express.co.uk
11-9-16
Anti-Trump campaigners have flocked to the US embassy in London brandishing placards with the new President pictured as Hitler.
Source: NHPR
11-8-16
Millions of Americans around the country performed their civic duty at the voting booth. But in New Hampshire, there’s growing concern that students aren’t learning enough about the historical foundations behind that tradition.
Source: Pew Research
11-9-16
For the fifth time in U.S. history, and the second time this century, a presidential candidate has won the White House while (apparently) losing the popular vote.
Source: NYT
11-9-16
Discounting the pundits’ preoccupation with Trump, Lichtman says underlying forces can account for the GOP nominee's victory.
Source: NYT
11-9-16
The Yasir Arafat Museum treads a fine line, honoring the Palestinian narrative while dealing dispassionately with some of the movement’s more awkward periods.
Source: Think Progress
11-9-16
Blame the electoral college, among other things.
Source: WSJ
11-7-16
Since 1933, the Empire State and the Buckeye State have been tied with six apiece.
Source: Time Magazine
11-7-16
A formulaic gesture with no basis in law has become a crucial part of the American electoral tradition.
Source: The Root
11-5-16
Here’s how it’s getting it back.
Source: Deutsche Welle
11-6-16
Seventy-eight years ago, the Nazis used the murder of a diplomat by a Polish Jew, Herschel Grynszpan, to launch anti-Semitic attacks. A newly uncovered photo suggests that he may have surprisingly survived the Holocaust.
Source: NPR
11-3-16
"The normal dwell time for most museums is an hour 45 minutes to two hours," says Morgan-Welch. "Our dwell time can go to six."
Source: Haaretz
11-4-16
Col. Zvika Greengold received Medal of Valor for 'single-handedly destroying 60 tanks' in Yom Kippur War, but senior reserve officer says tale was spun to boost unit morale.
Source: New Republic
11-3-16
This one’s about the case of the interracial couple who fought to win the right to marry.
