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 New Yorker
10-1-16
Like millions of immigrants, Friedrich Trump disembarked at Castle Garden, in New York, and made his way in a crowded, polyglot, grossly unequal city.
Source: WaPo
10-1-16
A central concern is the creation of “independent republics,” which critics of the peace deal claim the FARC will now establish.
Source: National Security Archive
9-30-16
Declassified documents tell inside story of “most spontaneous and dramatic reversal” of the arms race.
Source: Raw Story
9-219-16
Archaeologist and author Rachel Grant wrote on Twitter that she felt physically ill after her daughter brought home a 55-page packet titled “U.S. History Special Victims Unit,” which she described as a “non-white male hit list.”
Source: Forward
9-30-16
Noting that Hitler had murdered millions of Jews, Duterte said: “There are three million drug addicts (in the Philippines). I’d be happy to slaughter them.
Source: NBC News
9-28-16
Rwanda's prosecutor-general said the suspect is considered one of the key ideologues of the genocide, in which over 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu extremists.
Source: The Washington Post
9-28-16
How Hillary Clinton responded to husband’s accusers.
Source: Balkan Transitional Justice
9-28-16
A British historian says Croatians are disregarding the facts and claiming that Ustasa did not commit massive crimes against Serbs, Jews and Roma.
Source: Nature
9-28-16
Researchers estimate that the incidence of human lethal violence at the time of the origin of our species was about six times higher than for the average mammal, but about as violent as expected, given our great-ape ancestry.
Source: Matt Loughrey Press Release
9-29-16
The purpose of the exercise is to bridge a gap between history and art that is essentially unexplored.
Source: PBS
9-27-16
FRONTLINE goes behind the headlines to investigate what has shaped Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — where they came from, how they lead and why they want one of the most difficult jobs imaginable.
Source: WaPo
9-28-16
Trump's name is never mentioned, but he's a ghostly presence.
Source: The Chicago Tribune
9-23-16
by Chicago Tribune Editorial
"Fighting unwarranted government secrecy is a big part of what news organizations like the Tribune do, in wartime and peacetime. That's one reason we hope government lawyers admit defeat and end this lingering battle of Midway."
Source: New Vision
9-27-16
The United States should give African Americans reparations for slavery, UN experts said Tuesday, warning that the country had not yet confronted its legacy of "racial terrorism."
Source: BBC
9-27-16
The International Criminal Court has sentenced an Islamist militant who destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu to nine years in jail.
Source: Toronto Star
9-24-16
Xenophobia appears to be rising in Poland. A historian argues a history of unaddressed anti-Semitism is partly to blame.
Source: The New Civil Rights Movement
9-25-16
Recently, Donald Trump’s speeches have begun to include the phrase, “one people, under one God, saluting one flag.”
Source: The Daily Beast
9-24-16
Colleges, cities, small towns, and even states are changing the name of the controversial holiday, and if the trend continues it may be gone completely.
Source: PBS
9-25-16 (accessed)
Track how candidates debate specific issues.
Source: NYT
9-24-16
It could well draw 100 million viewers.
