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
4-26-14
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority issued a formal statement on Sunday calling the Holocaust “the most heinous crime to have occurred against humanity in the modern era.”
Source: Smithsonian
4-25-14
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History celebrates the 50th anniversary of its opening to the public by showcasing a Ford Mustang made in 1964.
Source: LC
4-25-14
Seventy-five years ago, the Library opened a second building on Capitol Hill to house its growing collections.
Source: The Age
4-24-14
Ninety-nine years after Australian and New Zealand soldiers splashed ashore at Anzac Cove, the Gallipoli Peninsula continues to disgorge the bitter harvest of 1915.
Source: Media Matters
4-24-14
Here is the video of Cliven Bundy's racist tirade, in which he questioned whether black Americans were "better off as slaves."
Source: UPI
4-23-14
A museum dedicated to the history of fascism will be created in Predappio, Italy, the birthplace of dictator Benito Mussolini, Mayor Giorgio Frassineti announced.
Source: Historyextra
4-8-14
An 18th-century chastity belt and phallic Roman amulets are to be used to enrich sex education for secondary school pupils.
Source: Moscow Times
4-14-14
"Not a single record is being kept secret."
Source: AP
4-23-14
The horrible destruction was the work of radical Islamists and thieves.
Source: AP
4-24-14
Not enough to say Turkey shares their pain.
Source: WSJ
4-22-14
Oliver Stone: “You should open up your past the way the United States opened its past.”
Source: PolitiFact
4-3-14
Eric Foner thinks Jim DeMint should take his Civil War history class.
Source: SF Gate
4-24-14
The ship that hit the City of Chester had 74 Chinese crewmen and 1,062 Chinese steerage passengers.
Source: Green Cities
4-23-14
This year is the 44th anniversary of Earth Day.
Source: Google blog
4-23-14
If you see a clock icon in the upper left-hand portion of a Street View image, click on it and move the slider through time and select a thumbnail to see that same place in previous years or seasons.
Source: Dick Eastman blog
4-21-14
The film tells the story of how Acadians expelled during the Deportation made the arduous journey, some of them via France, to their new home in Louisiana.
Source: AP
4-23-14
"This is a place where their ancestors walked. You're not just in a museum looking at artifacts in a case."
Source: LA Times
4-22-14
It's the first stamp celebrating an openly gay elected official.
Source: NPR
4-23-14
"I just found this," says archaeologist Chris Parker, holding a small object in his hand, about 2 inches long. He's grinning.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Ed
4-23-14
Under scrutiny is a copy of Jon Baret’s Alvearie, a "quadruple" or four-language dictionary published in London in 1580.
