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 New Republic
9/1/2022
by Patrick Blanchfield
"If Freud himself, so attuned to the dark undercurrents of human behavior and so critical of our wishful illusions, proved unable to think clearly even as his country became unrecognizable around him and as nightmare after nightmare became real, what are our chances now?"
Source: New York Historical Society
8/31/2022
"Today, a deep and historically inflected debate is raging over the legitimacy of American bureaucracy. As context for that controversy, this seminar will trace the constitutional history of the U.S. administrative state."
Source: National Library of Medicine
8/24/2022
Historians Katy Kole de Peralta and Kim Gallon will feature prominently in the public presentations at the heart of the NLM's new series on humanities scholarship using new sources of health data.
Source: NPR
4/26/2022
"When we take out big chunks of history, that diminishment diminishes us. You know, my grandmother was a quilter. And she put scraps together into these beautiful patterns. And I feel that I'm doing that, but with history."
Source: Boston Globe
8/28/2022
William Jones, Adrian Lentz-Smith and Laurie Green discuss the largely-forgotten demands of the marchers for economic redistribution, full employment and labor rights, as well as the impact the march's organizers had on the culture of protest in the United States.
Source: MSNBC
8/28/2022
The author of "When Abortion Was a Crime" discusses the pro-life movement with Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin.
Source: The Atlantic
8/29/2022
Historians of naturism Sarah Schrank and Stephen L. Harp believe that the panoptical nature of social media is eroding a longstanding divergence between European and American attitudes about nudity in public spaces, particularly among young women.
Source: The New Republic
8/26/2022
by John Fabian Witt
Historian and legal scholar Brad Snyder's new biography shows Justice Frankfurter's concern for courts moving too far away from the decisions of elected legislators echoed in today's battles over abortion, guns and religion—by both sides.
Source: Politico
8/26/2022
Why, as Republicans touted the legacy of Ronald Reagan, have they moved further from his sunny rhetoric and international engagement toward a harder-edged nationalism?
Source: CNN
8/29/2022
Medievalist Eleanor Janega wonders whether the creators of the "Game of Thrones" universe use historical accuracy as a justification to show graphic violence; their insistence on verisimilitude flags in other areas.
Source: Associated Press
8/28/2022
“This is great news for Natchez,” Mayor Dan Gibson said in a news release. “These grant funds will help greatly in our efforts to better tell the entire history of Natchez to include commemorating our African American historic sites.”
Source: Jacobin
8/28/2022
by Robert Greene II
Cold war histories of civil rights have obscured the key role of communists and other radicals in establishing the economic demands of the movement and the practice of interracial mobilization.
Source: NPR
8/23/2022
Jochen Hellbeck explains that both Hitler and Stalin identified the city as a critical battle, committing both armies to the carnage that turned the course of the Eastern Front.
Source: New Statesman
8/17/2022
by Adam Hochshild
Does a 500 page book on the historical distortions of the novel and film seem like beating a dead horse? What if the horse is still alive and threatening to trample people?
Source: New America
8/23/2022
"As someone who is very committed to unearthing the histories of Black working-class and working-poor women, I have had to move beyond the traditional archive."
Source: The Nation
8/22/2022
by Steven Hahn
Reviewer Steven Hahn says that Gerstle's new book effectively bridges the economic transformation of global capitalism with studies of the fracturing of the Democratic New Deal political coalition.
Source: Washington Post
8/25/2022
Nicole Hemmer and Post columnist Greg Sargent discuss the echoes of the 1990s and Oklahoma City in the rise in violent rhetoric on the right and what can be done to check it.
Source: Bloomberg
8/20/2022
Despite the fact that she currently leads the White House Historical Association and has no connection to the National Archives, Colleen Shogan can expect a tough nomination fight as Senate Republicans pick up Donald Trump's grudge over the enforcement of presidential records law.
Source: WNYC
8/22/2022
Historian Blair Kelley and NYT writer Rachel Swarns discuss the archival ads placed by the newly emancipated to locate family members, and how those fill in the gaps for descendants seeking to assemble family histories.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
8/22/2022
by Colleen Flaherty
IHE Reporter Colleen Flaherty gives a rundown of the recent debate over AHA President James Sweet's essay on past and present in the profession, and its growth into a genuine online event – in case you missed it.
