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 Daily Beast
12-14-14
A new exhibit claims to present the social history of Paris as seen through the lens of Magnum photographers over the past century.
Source: Vox
12-14-14
In Greek, the language of the New Testament, the word Christos (Christ) begins with the letter "X," or chi.
Source: The Conversation
12-16-14
Researchers have discovered a period, some 55m years ago, when massive volcanic eruptions pumped so much carbon into the atmosphere that the planet warmed at what geologists would think of as breakneck speed.
Source: Huffington Post
12-15-14
After taking a new look at a pair of ancient cobalt beads, archaeologists now believe these Bronze Age artifacts may have been manufactured in the same workshop as the blue glass on King Tut’s death mask.
Source: The Civil War Trust
12-12-14
Legislation expands successful federal Civil War battlefield grant program to include preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields.
Source: Washington Decoded
12-11-14
by Merle L. Pribbenow
The fate of MIA's during the Cold War -- in Korea and Vietnam -- might be in the archives of Russia.
Source: Fox News
12-13-14
Braving snowy weather, Americans and Belgians gathered in the Ardennes region of Belgium on Saturday to mark the 70th anniversary of one of the biggest and bloodiest U.S. battles of World War II--the Battle of the Bulge.
Source: CNN
12-10-14
The new biblical epic from director Ridley Scott, "Exodus: Gods and Kings," has a race problem.
Source: Boston Globe
12-11-14
The 219-year-old capsule— a green box believed to contain Revere-era items— was concealed by Governor Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and William Scollay when the building was constructed in 1795.
Source: National Security Archive
12-11-14
National Security Archive hails efforts by investigators, victim's families to uncover truth.
Source: Live Science
12-7-14
Vikings may have been familymen who traveled with their wives to new lands, according to a new study of ancient Viking DNA.
Source: ABC News
12-5-14
The auction company gave a presale estimated value of between $15,000 and $30,000.
Source: AP
12-8-14
The accord will compensate thousands of Holocaust survivors and their families who were deported to concentration camps by France's state rail company during Nazi occupation.
Source: AP
12-10-14
The short propaganda film commissioned by Thailand's military rulers was supposed to promote the "12 core values" every Thai student must now learn.
Source: The Advocate
4-9-14
“There are places that don’t want to talk about it,” said Aaron Sheehan-Dean, a history professor at LSU.
Source: National Geographic
12-7-14
During World War II, companies stayed in the public eye by advertising products—often with the government's help—that weren't available to civilians.
Source: Pacific Standard and The Miller-McCune Center for Research
12-9-14
Researchers present evidence that the Klan, in the 1960s, effectively moved working-class Southern whites into the Republican column.
Source: Media Matters
12-8-14
North Carolina newspapers have largely missed the connection between a Koch-funded education non-profit organization contracted to help shape new statewide history curriculum materials.
Source: The Morning Call
12-9-14
Contractors on Tuesday restarted construction on the National Museum of Industrial History with the hopes of getting the south Bethlehem museum ready for a 2016 opening.
Source: NYT
12-9-14
"What surprised me was to see what a liberal firebrand she used to be."
