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: The National Interest
  6/16/2019
  

  America's M4 Sherman Tank: World War II Wonder Weapon or Blunder Weapon?

  Because of its propensity to catch fire, the Sherman soon gained several nicknames. “Tommycooker” (which was a World War I trench cooker), “Ronsons” (a la the cigarette lighter that were guaranteed in their ads to “Light up the first time, every time!”), and also what the Free Poles called “The Burning Grave.”

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• SOURCE: Time
  06/13/2019
  

  President Trump Invoked Executive Privilege. Here's the History of That Presidential Power

  by Olivia B. Waxman

  President Trump's use of executive privilege in comparison with other American presidents. 

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• SOURCE: The Week
  6/16/2019
  

  How the world's monarchs are adapting to modern times

  Kings, queens, and emperors have ruled over nations for 5,000 years. How have they adapted to the 21st century?

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/17/2019
  

  World War II Planes Can Still Fly, but Who Will Keep Them Flying?

  As generations of pilots and mechanics age, will there be enough young people to keep the planes flying?

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• SOURCE: Politico Magazine
  06/06/2019
  

  How World War II Almost Broke American Politics

  by Joshua Zeitz

  How World War Two transformed United States citizens from divided patriots into united believers of the "arsenal of democracy".

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/17/2019
  

  How History Changed Anita Hill

  Professor Hill spoke with Jessica Bennett, gender editor at The New York Times and called for a greater recognition of gender-based violence in the political sphere, and stronger leadership on the issue.

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• SOURCE: The American Historian
  06/17/2019
  

  Juneteenth and Beyond: African American Emancipations Celebrations Since 1808

  by Wilma King

  June Nineteenth is widely celebrated for the abolition of slavery in Texas and the Confederate States in general. 

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• SOURCE: CNN
  6/17/2019
  

  Yes, the US women's soccer team is dominant. That's because most of the world is playing catch-up

  The growth of women's soccer is a microcosm of the fight for gender equality.

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• SOURCE: The American Historical Review
  6/4/19
  

  Frantz Fanon and the CIA Man

  by Thomas Meaney

  Based on an encounter with Fanon’s CIA handler, C. Oliver Iselin, Meaney presents the firsthand experience of a mid-level figure in the U.S. security state who participated in the national liberation movements in Africa. 

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  6/12/2019
  

  What Orwell’s ‘1984’ tells us about today’s world, 70 years after it was published

  by Stephen Groening

  The techniques and technologies described in the novel are very much present in today’s world.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/12/2019
  

  ‘Not above the law’: Executive privilege’s contentious history from Washington to Trump

  Trump is just the latest president to try to shield White House documents and discussions from Congress

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• SOURCE: Lancaster Online
  6/10/2019
  

  Civil War-era flag of black regiment to be auctioned; historian says it is last of its kind

  The flag represents the 127th Regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops and is being sold by the Grand Army of the Republic Museum in Philadelphia to bolster the museum’s finances.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  6/12/2019
  

  Why No One Can Agree on What George Washington Thought About the Relationship Between Church and State

  by Sam Wineburg

  The first president wanted to unite citizens of all religions without alienating Catholics, freethinkers and Jews.

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• SOURCE: AP
  6/10/2019
  

  After all who were there are gone, what happens to history?

  People are more likely to engage with history if other actual people — not facts or data or even anecdotes — can act as guides and say, even in subjectivity-saturated ways: This is what it felt like.

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• SOURCE: AP
  6/11/2019
  

  Judge: Obama center construction can move forward in Chicago

  While the library has also faced criticism from residents over the traffic it will bring and people it will displace, Tuesday’s decision was largely celebrated by neighborhood organizations and business groups.

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• SOURCE: CBS News
  6/11/2019
  

  Ahead of Anne Frank's 90th birthday, trove of her father's letters to be digitized

  As Anne Frank's 90th birthday approaches, historian Edna Friedberg said it's important to remember the sacrifices Otto Frank and others made to keep her legacy alive.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/12/2019
  

  Geronimo and the Japanese were imprisoned there. Now Fort Sill will hold migrant children — again.

  In recent months, migrant children have been housed in tents; it is unclear what their accommodations will be like at Fort Sill.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  6/12/2019
  

  When American Suffragists Tried to ‘Wear the Pants’

  by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

  Starting in the 1850s, proponents of the movement for women’s rights traded their long dresses for bloomers—and paid a heavy social price for it.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  

  How Gay Culture Blossomed During the Roaring Twenties

  During Prohibition, gay nightlife and culture reached new heights—at least temporarily.

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• SOURCE: Think Progress
  6/10/19
  

  Missouri senator says it’s a waste of time to study history because it was a long time ago

  Sen. Josh Hawley says not to compare Trump's behavior to Nixon's because Watergate was more than 40 years ago.