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: Snopes
8-17-16
A widely circulated list of historical "facts" about slavery dwells on the participation of non-whites as owners and traders of slaves in America.
Source: NYT
8-17-16
The new editors of the magazine, Yanhuang Chunqiu, appear likely to remake what had been one of the few remaining outlets for liberal political opinion in China.
Source: Time Magazine
8-17-17
Is it 1861 or 2016?
Source: NYT
8-15-16
The American Psychiatric Association says such an assessment would be unethical. But many in the profession, arguing that this election is too important, are doing so anyway.
Source: Daily Emerald
8-15-16
“It got to the point where I tensed my shoulders every time I walked down the sidewalk.” — Law Professor
Source: The Los Angeles Times
8-16-16
When the Richard Nixon Presidential Library first opened 26 years ago, it was dismissed by many historians as more of a whitewash than a faithful retelling of his presidency.
Source: Inside Higher ED
8-16-16
In 2005, a court barred Vanderbilt from removing "Confederate" from the facade of a building, citing the terms of a gift. The university is returning the gift at today's value -- and will now remove the word.
Source: AP
8-15-16
Donald Trump on Monday painted the Middle East as an oasis of stability before Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state, arguing that she and President Barack Obama "launched" the Islamic State group onto the world.
Source: CNN
8-15-16
Milwaukee has the unfortunate distinction of being the country's most segregated city between blacks and whites, according to a recent study.
Source: The Root
8-15-16
A disagreement had split the family of Martin Luther King Jr. after his two sons thought that the icon’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal should be sold, while his daughter opposed the idea.
Source: The Washington Post
8-14-16
The story that has not yet been told is how out of character Clinton’s inflammatory Wellesley speech was.
Source: NYT
8-10-16
Two groups of experts generally agree when a gateway from Siberia to North America opened, but not on who used it first.
Source: NYT
8-15-16
by Nate Cohn
The NYT model gives Mrs. Clinton an 88 percent chance of winning. But history gives Trump slight hope.
Source: NYT
8-10-16
DNA analysis of ancient horse remains suggests that ambling horses arose in England and Iceland before spreading to the rest of Eurasia.
Source: NYT
8-11-16
A Trump supporter who had hung the flag near the stage was prodded to remove it and did so, unhappily.
Source: Newstalk
8-13-16
The group says Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas financed the operation.
Source: The Times (UK)
8-12-16
Emails reveal that she intended to refer to slavery as a tradition.
Source: The Argus
8-13-16
The photo shows a "blacked-up Minstrel group."
Source: NYT
8-12-16
A Russian governor plans to erect a statue to honor the notorious czar, but many in his region are not impressed.
Source: Historians Against Slavery
6-6-16
“Mapping Memories of Enslavement,” a project whose website has just launched, hopes to facilitate the analysis and commemoration of this history and its continuing effects.
