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: New York Times
10/18/2021
by Adam Liptak
A typo placed in a preliminary slip opinion was formally corrected, but has been cited at least 14 times in cases concerning property rights, highlighting the problem that the Court's corrections often receive less attention than their announcements.
Source: New York Times
10/16/2021
Church authorities in Sicily have grown concerned that the naming of baptismal godparents has been subordinated to secular concerns of social networking, in extreme cases tied to organized crime.
Source: The Bulwark
10/18/2021
"As with almost any instance of so-called cancel culture, the question at hand is ultimately a specific substantive one: What did John Eastman do and was it wrong?"
Source: The Atlantic
10/18/2021
A rally in support of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin pledged allegiance to a flag carried at the January 6 seige of the Capitol by Trump supporters. Is the day turning into the Lost Cause of the far right?
Source: New York Times
10/18/2021
“I’m the one who presented it on behalf of the United States to the world,” Mr. Powell said, acknowledging that his presentation “will always be a part of my record.”
Source: NBC News
10/14/2021
The advice illustrates the predicament of Texas teachers, who are concerned about being punished over any possible political objection to the content of their teaching or the books in their classrooms.
Source: Forward
10/14/2021
"For all the reams that have been written about the band in recent decades, nothing has so succinctly dissected the Velvet Underground's dark magic as Haynes’ new documentary."
Source: Texas Monthly
10/14/2021
"The threat the loud and the angry pose isn’t necessarily that they win outright but that they tire others out—that they make public service too burdensome, too painful, too tedious."
Source: University of Virginia Batten School
10/11/2021
Empirical research supports what activists have been saying for decades: Confederate memorials encourage violence in the name of white supremacy.
Source: New York Times
10/13/2021
"The long delay in disclosing these emails, coupled with their conversational nature, suggests that others in the N.F.L. are, at best, tolerant of these divisive views. At worst, they share them."
Source: New York Times
10/6/2021
Russian Jews who were subjected to the brutal siege of Leningrad, and subjected to Nazi propaganda that encouraged other Russians to blame them for the city's suffering, are among those offered new pensions.
Source: NextCity
10/11/2021
"'Our society is structured around white supremacy,' Philadelphia Planning Commission head Eleanor Sharpe says. 'It’s not a debate, but there’s this fear to acknowledge it. That fear serves the retention of the systems that are not working'."
Source: New York Magazine
10/10/2021
Joe Biden must have expected unified Republican opposition and betrayal by Democratic moderates, but probably not so quickly.
Source: Washington Post
10/10/2021
“We enroll lots of people whose ancestors were enslaved, were marginalized, were clearly taken advantage of,” said Glenn DuBois, the system’s chancellor. “And what do you say to those students when they’re looking at some of these names?”
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
10/10/2021
Many Latvians today insist that their nation was a victim of Nazi aggression, rather than complicitous in antisemitic atrocities.
Source: Out In Jersey
10/10/2021
A new documentary revisits the period before the American Psychological Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders in 1973, and psychiatry endorsed extreme measures to "cure" same-sex attraction.
Source: NPR
10/10/2021
"Throughout its history, the party has featured dissent and even radical differences of viewpoint. It has been defined by these internal contrasts and conflicts as often as by its achievements."
Source: Forward
10/7/2021
"In addition to providing historical context, the digitized edition delves into the material details of the manuscripts, from the writing materials Frank used to the annotations and photographs she added to her diary."
Source: NPR
10/10/2021
The historic Bruce's Beach case is inspiring social justice leaders and reparations activists to fight for other Black families whose ancestors were also victims of land theft in the United States.
Source: New York Times
10/9/2021
Spain's Popular Party condemned Pope Francis's recent call for Catholics in Mexico to revisit the nation's history to consider indigenous conquest.
