Breaking News

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.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/5/2019
  

  The Exhibit Lauded Freedom of Expression. It Was Silenced.

  Statues of so-called comfort women have long been an irritant to Japanese nationalists who dispute that the women were forced into servitude.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  8/7/2019
  

  What 1860 and 1968 can teach America about the 2020 presidential election

  There are lessons that can be learned from examining this election’s parallels with two previous presidential elections – 1860 and 1968 – both of which left America deeply divided.

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• SOURCE: Nevada Appeal
  8/6/2019
  

  Nevada Sen. Cortez Masto introduces bill to honor women’s suffrage with series of new quarters

  Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Deb Fischer of Nebraska have introduced legislation that would create a series of 25-cent pieces honoring women’s history and suffrage.

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  August 6, 2019
  

  Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are writing their first book together about 'gutsy' women through history

  Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are releasing a book.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  August 7, 2019
  

  The Hotel Historian Is at Your Service

  Part reference librarian, part gossip columnist, the hotel historian has become an increasingly popular figure in high-end hotels or inns with actual history.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  8/4/2019
  

  The White House is upending decades of protocol for policy-making

  The public record shows that Trump’s team has either ignored, manipulated or subverted the requirements for analysis and participation on numerous policy actions that range from addressing climate change to the division of waiters'tips.

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• SOURCE: Time
  8/2/2019
  

  Citizens Facing Deportation Isn't New. Here's What Happened When the U.S. Removed Mexican-Americans in the 1930s

  This isn’t the first time U.S. citizens have faced the threat of deportation — and its reality.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/4/2019
  

  In Hammarskjold’s Native Sweden, Hint of State Secrets Linked to His 1961 Death

  Swedish authorities refused a prominent researcher’s request for access to official Hammarskjold-related documents on grounds that they are classified under national security laws.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/3/2019
  

  The Forbidden City Opens Wide as China Projects New Pride in Its Past

  President Xi Jinping has pushed “cultural self-confidence” as a signature policy, and one of the beneficiaries has been the former home of emperors, neglected no longer.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/2/2019
  

  It’s the Anniversary of Everything!

  What is this ceaseless looking backward?

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/2/2019
  

  Ancestry Digitizes Millions of Holocaust Records

  Some say it’s a play for customers; others say that’s irrelevant because anyone can search the documents at no cost.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/2/2019
  

  The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings

  America’s nuns are beginning to confront their ties to slavery, but it’s still a long road to repentance.

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• SOURCE: The Activist History Review
  August 1, 2019
  

  Vets for Housing Equality: The AVC and Racial Justice

  by Abigail Brook

  What masqueraded as a policy to create improved housing was, in reality, a means of destroying Black property and community to amplify White wealth and mobility.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  8/5/2019
  

  Lessons From Moscow: How China Might Handle Hong Kong

  Soviet experiences from decades past offer examples for what Beijing may do to quell protests in the city.

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• SOURCE: History Channel
  August 1, 2019
  

  9 Ancient Sumerian Inventions That Changed the World

  The Sumerian people of Mesopotamia had a flair for innovation. Here's how they left their mark.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/5/2019
  

  Arthur Lazarus Jr., Champion of Native American Rights, Dies at 92

  Over six decades, Mr. Lazarus helped Native American tribes across the country develop their democratic institutions, reclaim lands and exercise their sovereign powers.

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• SOURCE: Time
  July 30, 2019
  

  Why Joe Biden’s First Campaign for President Collapsed After Just 3 Months

  by Olivia B. Waxman

  Joe Biden ran for President in 1988. Read why the campaign only lasted three months.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  

  Powhatan and his people: The 15,000 American Indians shoved aside by Jamestown’s settlers

  The Native Americans had a mighty culture when the English arrived 400 years ago. Soon after, there was conflict.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  August 2, 2019
  

  Tragedy has come often for the Kennedy family. Saoirse Kennedy Hill’s death at 22 is the latest.

  The long list of tragic deaths to the Kennedy family.

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• SOURCE: Time
  7/31/2019
  

  Notorious Gangster John Dillinger to be Exhumed

  The Indianapolis-born Dillinger was one of America’s most notorious criminals.