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.
January 3, 2015
by Rick Shenkman
The AHA is being petitioned to vote on two resolutions critical of Israel.
January 3, 2015
by Barbara Weinstein
Even when teaching a class about Brazilian history, it can help to teach by analogy--and that can mean bringing in an example from history involving Israel.
January 3, 2015
by Linda Gordon
The United States gives billions more to Israel than is acknowledged.
January 3, 2015
by Joel Beinin
Israel's offenses include the confiscation of the intellectual property of Palestinians -- and that's something historians need to debate.
January 3, 2015
by Leena Dallasheh
To really understand Israel we need to remember it won its independence in a period of decolonization.
January 3, 2015
by Carolyn Eisenberg
Many historians share a common concern about Israel, but differ over what to do.
January 4, 2015
by Alliance for Academic Freedom
The resolutions, presented at the Business Meeting of the American Historical Association, are biased and needlessly divisive.
January 2, 2014
How do you write a bestseller? It helps if your name is Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly.
December 30, 2014
by HNN Editor
Hess wonders: Could Nixon have been president in 1960 had Ike campaigned vigorously for him?
January 4, 2015
by Rick Shenkman
Here's what happened on Day 3.
January 3, 2015
by Rick Shenkman
Here's what happened on Day 2.
January 2, 2015
by Rick Shenkman
Here's what happened on Day 1.
December 31, 2014
by Rick Shenkman
If you want to know what's happening at the AHA this year, this is the place.
December 29, 2014
by Rick Shenkman
One criticizes Israel for allegedly violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights "by refusing to allow students from Gaza to travel in order to pursue higher education abroad, and even at West Bank universities."
Source: The Tennessean
December 26, 2014
Terry Maggert’s first short horror piece hit No. 1 in fantasy on Amazon just a few months ago, getting a whopping 6,000 downloads in one day.
Source: The Eagle
December 28, 2014
Carlos Blanton hopes his new biography will put the scholar on the map for not just for students of Mexican-American history, but for dozens of other topics Sanchez influenced.
Source: Sandbox (blog)
December 26, 2014
by Martin Kramer
So Kramer decided to let them know.
Source: NYT
December 24, 2014
Mr. Mabee, a history professor, won a Pulitzer Prize 70 years ago for his unsparing biography of the inventor and painter Samuel F. B. Morse.
Source: NYT
December 24, 2014
The Times takes clothiers to task for exploiting workers in textile factories.
Source: Perspectives (American Historical Association)
December 24, 2014 (accessed)
by Allen Mikaelian
Full-time workers who held a terminal bachelor’s degree in US history boasted a median annual salary of $62,000.
