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 Boston Globe
July 4, 2015
In the capital of the Confederacy, calls are rising to properly memorialize the slave trade
Source: Huffington Post
June 29, 2015
The Jewish People Policy Institute said there are currently 14.2 million Jews in the world.
Source: NYT
July 3, 2015
Long before Mr. Sanders was a presidential candidate, he went to Burlington, where he supported himself with odd jobs and planned to remake the world.
Source: NYT
July 4, 2015
by NYT Editorial
The Times says Hamilton should remain on the $10 bill.
Source: Daily Show
July 2, 2015
Ohio ridiculed for standing by McKinley name.
Source: Special to HNN
July 3, 2015
Now they have destroyed a tomb dating back to the 13th century.
Source: FOX
July 2, 2015
The world's oldest commissioned warship still kept afloat will be spending a little time in dry dock undergoing repairs to keep it watertight.
Source: Press TV
July 1, 2015
The United States has a long history of white supremacists targeting black churches and law enforcement ignoring such crimes, an African-American historian says.
Source: The Washington Post
July 1, 2015
More than a decade ago, photographer Ed Freeman set out to capture the gay rights struggle in a photograph for the cover of Frontiers, a gay magazine. To do so, he relied on an image — the flag-raising at Iwo Jima.
Source: WaPo
July 1, 2015
Retrace Charleston Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof's steps as he traveled through South Carolina.
Source: The Daily Beast
June 30, 2015 (accessed)
When McKay Smith went looking for his grandfather, he found demons. Some of them his own.
Source: Refinery 29
June 25, 2015
Until we had a flag, the symbol for our movement was the pink triangle, which was put on us by Hitler and the Nazis.
Source: The Boston Globe
June 28, 2015
Germans who were born in the 1930s show significantly more anti-Semitism than those who were born earlier or later.
Source: WWLTV
June 24, 2015
As the debate rages over the confederate flag in parts of the South, Mayor Mitch Landrieu held a forum to talk about race relations in New Orleans and around the country.
Source: NY Daily News
June 15, 2015
If Reagan could carry a gun, what have other Presidents carried with them?
Source: NPR
June 25, 2015
In 1922, seven Western states drew up an agreement on how to divide the waters of the Colorado River. But there was one big problem with the plan: They overestimated how much water the river could provide.
Source: CBS
June 28, 2015
The long path to the Supreme Court's decision began in the 1960s. Stonewall marked a turning point.
Source: Smithsonian
June 24, 2015
The Grand Canyon, The Factory and the A.G. Gaston Motel are just a few of the 11 names on the list
Source: NYT
June 25, 2015
It is legal to possess art commissioned by the Nazis, but it can remain in private hands only if the state has no direct claim on it.
Source: Business Insider
June 26, 2015
Thomas wrote that there is no "dignity" clause in the US Constitution — and that, even if there was, the government could not bestow it upon a person or take it away.