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: VICE
12-5-15
"My first reaction is that he is not principled enough to be a Fascist." -- Historian
Source: philly.com
12-3-15
A 10 year search finally turned up an obituary.
Source: New Jersey On-Line
12-6-15
By the end of the week, all of Camden's 372 current officers and recruits in training will have cycled through the Center's "Policing in a More Perfect Union" training module, which focuses on the role of the Bill of Rights in the American justice system and explores the history of policing in communities.
Source: Press Release -- FDR Presidential Library and Museum
12-7-15
"This is a huge leap forward in the digitization of presidential records and an important new resource for presidential studies."
Source: jns
12-4-15
In 2009, Brown University inaugurated a chair known as the Hans Rothfels Assistant Professor of History.
Source: NYT
12-5-15
The bombers were scheduled for retirement years ago, but they are expected to keep flying until at least 2040.
Source: Time Magazine
12-4-15
The holiday is confusing—and not just its spelling
Source: BBC
12-5-15
The wreck of a Spanish ship laden with treasure that was sunk by the British more than 300 years ago has been found off the Colombian coast, says President Juan Manuel Santos.
Source: Slate
11-19-15
The Texas State Board of Education approved increasing public participation in the textbook-review process but rejected a proposed amendment that would have empowered it to create an expert panel of academics to review the books for accuracy.
Source: WBUR
12-3-15
Heather Campion served almost two years as CEO of the library foundation, a private nonprofit started by the Kennedy family.
Source: Global News
12-1-15
Some historians say Lady Liberty evolved from another statue designed to be a peasant Arab woman overlooking the Suez Canal in Egypt.
Source: National Security Archive
12-2-15
Reagan Overruled Cabinet Members Opposed to Montreal Protocol on Ozone Layer
Source: NPR
12-1-15
George Edwin Taylor — often forgotten in the discussion of black American political pioneers — ran for president as the candidate of the National Negro Liberty Party, sometimes known as the National Liberty Party.
Source: Time Magazine
12-1-15
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz may have amused his supporters Monday when he joked about the “condom police” during a presidential campaign stop in Iowa — but bans involving birth control were no laughing matter in the past.
Source: Time Magazine
12-2-15
A team of historians is publishing a two-volume, 2,000-page German edition of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf for the first time in seven decades.
Source: The Washington Post
12-1-15
In light of persistent complaints from students and others that the artwork presents an offensive and romanticized view of slavery and other aspects of the state’s racial history, the fresco was shrouded to give the community time to debate what to do about it.
Source: The Washington Post
11-30-15
Gallup has detailed a number of instances throughout history in which Americans were confronted with potentially accepting refugees. And almost without exception, there has been significantly more opposition than support.
Source: Time Magazine
11-30-15
Yes, she was arrested on Dec. 1, 1955, for refusing to give up her seat—but that's not the whole story
Source: NYT
12-1-15
Politicians have generally preferred to be fresh-faced for much of the last century. However, as historians have noted, that was not always the case.
Source: Vanity Fair
12-1-15
A new short film, When AIDS Was Funny, unearths never-before-heard audio reaction to the escalating AIDS crisis.
