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: NYT
12-31-14
If the Census Bureau proceeds with a recently released plan, then in a few years’ time, we will know very little about how the contours of family life are changing.
Source: National Geographic
11-10-14
In an ancient burial site in Alaska, researchers find hints of cultural links between the New World and eastern Asia.
Source: Deseret News
12-30-14
Government officials from the country's Ministry of Culture determined the film was tainted by historical mistakes.
Source: New Historian
12-31-14
It will soon be possible to view this dungeon online, as a part of a project to digitally as well as physically restore the castle.
Source: New Historian
12-31-14
Located in the hills surrounding the Austrian town of St. Georgen an der Gusen, the vast site covers an area of up to 75 acres.
Source: AP
12-30-14
He was one spy who left many others out in the cold.
Source: New Historian
12-30-14
An earthquake apparently destroyed the place, according to a new study.
Source: The Guardian
12-30-14
Johnson aide’s contention that civil-rights drama Selma falsely portrays the former president at odds with Martin Luther King Jr is “jaw-dropping and offensive”, says director Ava DuVernay.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News
12-28-14
The city is thought to date back 5,000 years and is located around the Nevşehir fortress. Escape galleries and hidden churches were discovered inside the underground city.
Source: NPR
12-28-14
The radium girls had a profound impact on workplace regulations.
Source: NYT
12-24-14
But now you can.
Source: FOX News
12-26-14
"Sons of Liberty," a three-part, six-hour series that airs starting Jan. 25, tells the back stories of the Founding Fathers and their furtive efforts to turn a colony into a country.
Source: NYT
12-27-14
Prompted by record low interest rates, the British government is planning to pay off some of the debts it racked up over hundreds of years, dating as far back as the South Sea Bubble.
Source: NYT
12-24-14
What’s now known as Bois Brûlé, or the burnt woods — scorched in four years of fighting — was forest primeval until September 1914, when the Germans came.
Source: New Historian
12-26-14
66 million years ago, there was an extinction event that wiped out Earth’s non-avian dinosaurs. A recent study by Princeton University has provided fresh insight into what exactly may have caused this dramatic event.
Source: NYT
12-24-14
In a city struggling to emerge from the shadows of Jim Crow, the release of “Selma” has stirred complex emotions as residents reflect on the past and future
Source: NYT
12-24-14
A team of scientists has published the biggest genetic profile of the United States to date, based on a study of 160,000 people.
Source: BBC History Magazine
12-22-14
2014 has been a great year for history books. Here, three leading historians reveal their favorites…
Source: Cleveland.com
12-23-14
"If our citizens and workforce are to compete and prosper in the global economy, they must have a strong foundation in world history and geography."
Source: National Security Arhcive
12-23-14
Los Alamos Scientist Once Advised a U.S. Sentry to Shoot at and Disable Nukes on West German Aircraft if There Was a Danger of Unauthorized Use
