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: NYT
August 14, 2014
“It didn’t look like America. It looked like Soweto.”
Source: Scientific American
August 18, 2014
An analysis of a skeleton dug up two years ago and shown to belong to Richard III reveals that fresh fish, game birds and wine were staples of his diet.
Source: Slate
August 25, 2014
It’s Kiska island in Alaska. And the public’s barred.
Source: Politico
August 25, 2014
Six months after the National Archives began releasing long-withheld Clinton White House documents, thousands of pages of the most sensitive records are still not yet public.
Source: Beloit
August 26, 2014 (accessed)
Students heading into their first year of college this year were generally born in 1996. Among those who have never been alive in their lifetime are Tupac Shakur, JonBenet Ramsey, Carl Sagan, and Tiny Tim.
Source: Voice of America
August 22, 2014
Certification board chair Leela Samson said panel members decided the film could not be released because it posed a threat to public "law and order."
Source: Financial Times
August 15, 2014
In a four-page “re-examination” of decades of reporting about the comfort women, published over two days last week, the Asahi formally retracted 16 stories it wrote about Yoshida from 1982 to 1997.
Source: NYT
August 22, 2014
He sent more than a dozen petitions to the American government demanding an apology and compensation.
Source: Telegraph (UK)
August 24, 2014
The week-long celebrations have focused mainly on the part played by French civilians and fighters,
Source: National Geographic
August 20, 2014
New fossil dates show our ancient cousins disappeared 40,000 years ago.
Source: NYT
August 15, 2014
Suddenly, as you may have noticed, millennials are everywhere.
Source: NYT
August 17, 2014
“We have always been concerned about the sacred objects, and careful that our displays respect native peoples’ wishes for their treatment."
Source: Vox Media
August 19, 2014
by Timothy B. Lee
Here are 40 maps that explain the Roman Empire — its rise and fall, its culture and economy, and how it laid the foundations of the modern world.
Source: Huffington Post
August 19, 2014
Ever since RMS Titanic sank on that fateful day in 1912, scientists have been struggling to explain the "perfect storm of circumstances that conspired to doom" the luxury liner.
Source: Media Matters
August 19, 2014
"The conservative media just doesn't seem to understand the impeachment clause. It is not designed to ... besmirch a president with, and that's all they're doing with it."
Source: NYT
August 15, 2014
Revisiting the nightmares of World War I.
Source: NYT
August 14, 2014
Researchers have charted how Americans have moved between states since 1900. See how your state has changed.
Source: The Telegraph
August 14, 2014
Amsterdam authorities unveil plans to change image of 'Black Pete', the sidekick to Dutch Santa Claus.
Source: gatesofnineveh
August 14, 2014
by Christopher Jones
ISIS released another series of photographs of the demolition of shrines and mosques.
Source: Huffington Post
August 14, 2014
The finding pushes back known use of the multi-ingredient ointment by about 2,000 years.