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 Washington Post
7-24-15
In a review in the WaPo he says Tim Weiner leaves a cartoonish portrait of Nixon while Evan Thomas takes too seriously Nixon’s own view of himself.
Source: The Guardian
7-27-15
Craig Lambert from Southampton University says contrary to reports of 1,500 ships, the king set sail for France with far fewer vessels
Source: Huffington Post
7-27-15
"We gasped and looked in, and there's the face of a king just staring straight out at us."
Source: NYT
7-26-15
The filmmakers have been attuned to sensitivity and integrity regarding the case of Kitty Genovese, who was stabbed and sexually assaulted while her neighbors allegedly listened in 1964.
Source: Slate
7-26-15
How? By accusing Jewish partisans who fought the Germans of war crimes.
Source: The Washington Post
7-26-15
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), chairman of the Democratic National Committee, called on the former Arkansas governor to “apologize to the Jewish community and to the American people for this grossly irresponsible statement.”
Source: ctpost.com
7-23-15
Under pressure from the NAACP, the state Democratic Party will scrub the names of the two presidents from its annual fundraising dinner because of their ties to slavery.
Source: The Guardian
7-22-15
News agency combines with British Movietone to provide footage of momentous events that have helped to shape the world
Source: NYT
7-22-15
The pieces of the manuscript, which were found in the library of the University of Birmingham, are probably at least 1,370 years old, researchers say.
Source: Atlantic
7-21-15
by David A. Graham
The history is especially painful because Waller County, where the arrest was made, was for a time a beacon of black progress.
Source: Foreign Policy
7-21-15
Critics say the new history curriculum is an attempt to appease Beijing and sway Taiwanese youth toward unification.
Source: The Washington Post
7-22-15
“How could we still find in the museum of the facility the remains of Jews killed by Hirt 70 years ago?”
Source: The Washington Post
7-22-15
Warsaw’s Palace of Culture and Science has been derided as an oppressive eyesore ever since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin built it as his personal gift to the city.
Source: New Yorker
7-14-15
It removed the Soviet-established statues to Lenin and others.
Source: The Washington Post
7-20-15
This story will horrify you.
Source: The Washington Post
7-22-15
There is little room for subtlety at the Museum of Chinese People’s Resistance Against the Japanese Invasion.
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel
7-20-15
The $15 million makeover will include interactive exhibits appealing to younger, tech-savvy visitors.
Source: U.S. Department of State
7-22-15 (accessed)
On May 15, 2015, U.S. Special Operations Forces recovered a cache of hundreds of archaeological and historical objects and fragments during a raid in al-Amr (eastern Syria) to capture ISIL leader Abu Sayyaf.
Source: WaPo
7-20-15
He was fond of fancy dinners, beautiful women and outrageous clubs. Most important, he had a job in his father’s real estate company and a brain bursting with money-making ideas that would make him a billionaire.
Source: The Independent
7-20-15
20 were jailed. They have now been sent home.
