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: National Security Archive
2/12/2021
The lawsuit also required the preservation of WhatsApp messages from figures including Jared Kushner.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
2/17/2021
A metastudy of bias in student evaluations of college teachers shows that conformity to dominant gender roles is a condition for receiving good evaluations; students both favor profs with masculine traits and punish women for not performing femininity.
Source: New York Times
2/17/2021
“This is not about President Trump, because, quite frankly, the people here in the great city of Atlantic City knew how the presidency was going to play out on a national stage because we’re one of the cities that knew him best,” Mayor Marty Small said after the implosion.
Source: New York Times
2/16/2021
The records would include records of civilian complaints, internal investigations of misconduct, and interdepartmental claims of harassment by superior officers.
Source: Democracy
2/17/2021
by Michael Tomasky
"The admittedly and lamentably glorious career of the most prominent racist, sexist, poisonous radio host of our time probably never would have happened if it weren’t for a policy change: the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, under Ronald Reagan."
Source: Washington Post
2/17/2021
Washington Post political columnist interviews historian Rick Perlstein on the late talk radio host's impact on political culture.
Source: The New Yorker
2/17/2021
The British show "It's a Sin" reconstructs the emergence of AIDS in London through the story of a group of flatmates working to reconcile fear and affirmation.
Source: New York Times
2/17/2021
The conservative talk radio host and de facto head of the Republican Party died on February 17 after a long career of airing right-wing grievances and attacking liberals, feminists, environmentalists, Democrats, and Black political leaders.
Source: Gilder Leherman Institute
2/17/2021
The Gilder Lehrman Institute announces a new initiative funding a short-term research fellowship in colonial history.
Source: New York Times
2/10/2021
Barbara Dane's left politics kept her from success in the music industry, but the label she founded released and preserved protest music from around the world, a legacy now being highlighted by the Smithsonian.
Source: The Atlantic
2/10/2021
The performances of the lead actors in "Judas and the Black Messiah" elevate the story of Chicago Black Panther leader Fred Hampton's assassination by the police and FBI to a complex story of the Black freedom movement.
Source: The Atlantic
2/11/2021
Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" was embraced as an anthem by some LGBTQ fans, but immediately raised questions about identity and cultural authority that are at the center of online culture wars today.
Source: Washington Post
2/15/2021
A Jewish historical institute in Vienna has worked to protect the health of vulnerable Holocaust survivors, but it's found the work of preserving social contact and sharing stories just as vital.
Source: Washington Post
2/15/2021
Historian John Fea says that the COVID-19 pandemic is one of a long line of disease outbreaks encouraging paranoid thinking and a siege mentality.
Source: Harvard Crimson
2/15/2021
"Against the historical consensus, Ramseyer claims in his paper, entitled “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War," that comfort women were not coerced and instead voluntarily entered into contracts with Japanese brothels."
Source: Quad City Times
2/14/2021
An Iowa editorial board says that the flaws of the 1619 Project are nothing in comparison to the efforts of state legislators to interfere in the content of history education.
Source: New York Times
2/13/2021
In a development unseen since the city's Mardi Gras begain in 1857, New Orleans residents under COVID lockdown are turning their houses into parade floats, an informal support program for artists missing the yearly boost the parade season brings.
Source: Washington Post
2/16/2021
by Tom Coleman and John C. Danforth
A former Congressman and former Senator, both Republicans from Missouri, demand that Congress invoke the 14th Amendment's provisions on insurrection to bar Donald Trump from holding office in the future.
Source: The Marshall Project
5/14/2021
by Richard Rivera
Like the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, imprisoned people at risk of COVID-19 find that suspicion, paranoia and isolation have taken the place of meaningful support.
Source: The American Prospect
2/12/2021
Trends in university endowment management include investing in exotic, illiquid, and difficult-to-value assets. This would have been unthinkable to endowment managers decades ago. Does it accomplish anything besides funnelling fees to financial consultants?
