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 Conversation
7-13-16
by Kyle C. Kopko and Christopher Devine
Not even LBJ’s presence on the ticket in 1960 can be definitely proven to have helped JFK win Texas.
Source: Facebook Page: Historians on Donald Trump
7-13-16
Appalled by Donald Trump's candidacy, David McCullough and Ken Burns created a Facebook page featuring commentary by William Leuchtenburg, Evan Thomas, Kenneth Jackson, and many others.
Source: Twitter
7-12-16 (accessed)
It’s in response to the AllLivesMatter meme.
Source: The Times of Israel
7-11-16
Palestinian-Jordanian draft document calls for return to ‘historic status quo’ on Temple Mount, challenges Jewish ties to holy site.
Source: New Haven Independent
7-11-16
An African-American dishwasher lost his job after losing his cool and breaking a stained-glass panel in Yale’s Calhoun residential college dining hall that depicted slaves carrying bales of cotton.
Source: OZY
7-8-16
A study of the Washington family papers shows she was engaged in George’s professional life and provided immense support.
Source: South China Morning Post
7-11-16
Humans came out of Africa 60,000 years ago. But humans were in China between 112,000 and 178,000 years ago.
Source: CNN
7-11-16
The Hong Kong Alliance claimed that the owners' committee was making it hard for the museum to operate -- forcing visitors to leave their names and personal information and restricting visitor numbers.
Source: NYT
7-10-16
After more than 30 years of excavating the remains of a Philistine city, a team of archaeologists says it believes it has found a cemetery belonging to the ancient people on the outskirts of Ashkelon in Israel.
Source: Radio Free Asia
7-8-16
The party’s worried about students who challenge the official story on the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Source: NYT
7-8-16
A doctor suggests a new explanation for the many odd behaviors of first lady Mary Todd Lincoln: A vitamin deficiency that affected her mind.
Source: New Historian
7-10-16
Around 10,000 years ago prehistoric humans began using cannabis, a new research study has found, and not just in one small corner of the globe.
Source: Pew Research Center
7-5-16
Independents outnumber either Democrats or Republicans.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
7-8-16
Research going back to the early 20th century shows this is the case.
Source: BBC
7-10-16
A group of senior MPs is calling for a vote to decide whether Tony Blair is guilty of contempt of Parliament over his decision to invade Iraq in 2003.
Source: The Dallas Morning News
7-7-16
The message was scrawled across the George Littlefield Fountain, a prominent memorial that anchors the school's South Mall.
Source: ARCAblog
7-7-16
The 57 second video shows militants lifting funerary reliefs from shelving and dropping them forcefully onto the floor. Other historic artifacts are subjected to repeated blows with sledgehammers, filmed for cinematic effect.
Source: Newsweek
7-7-16
He’s forcing the country to face its Nazi past.
Source: The Orange County Register
7-7-16
by David Whiting
The rapprochement comes as the Nixon Library is preparing to debut a massive remodeling of the institution.
Source: The Irish News
7-6-16
The Queen's University president had claimed that "society doesn't need a 21-year-old that's a sixth century historian."
