Roundup
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: Sandbox Blog
Did Sykes-Picot favor Zionism?
by Martin Kramer
The answer is no.
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SOURCE: Aeon
5-18-16
The brain is not a computer
by Robert Epstein
Each age reinterprets the brain in terms of its prevailing technology. This is an error.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
5-19-16
Kennewick Man will be reburied, but quandaries around human remains won’t
by Samuel Redman
One of the most complete prehistoric human skeletons discovered in North America, “Kennewick Man” also became the most controversial.
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SOURCE: Alternate
5-20-16
American Democracy Is in Crisis Mode and We're All Complicit: Here's What Needs to Happen
by Jim Sleeper
The crisis that has made Trump's victory a possibility isn’t about Trump. It’s about what's happening to the American people.
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SOURCE: Mondoweiss
5-16-16
A brief history of the ‘Nakba’ in Israel
by Eitan Bronstein Aparicio
Why it was acknowledged at first and why it disappeared from public view in Israel -- and then suddenly made a dramatic reappearance.
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SOURCE: NYT
5-20-16
If Trump Breaks Up the G.O.P., It Won’t Be a First
by Sean Wilentz
It’s rare, but major parties have fallen apart before, with friction over immigrants a common culprit.
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SOURCE: Foreign Affairs
5-19-16
Two Myths About the United States and Vietnam
by Jonathan Zimmerman
Setting the Record Straight
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5-19-16
Roundup Top 10!
This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.
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5-19-16
Crazy, Fascinating & Horrifying: Latest Edition
Talking trees. Founding Fathers pen names. Gay Prostitutes. Yes, and more.
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5-19-16
Social Media News: What Historians Are Talking About
This week ... Manisha Sinha, Rick Perlstein, Simon Schama, Kevin Kruse and more!
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5-19-16
Pop Culture Roundup: This Week
This week ... The movie that predicted Trump, the new "Roots" series, Mao, LBJ "All the Way," gay home movies, the Chinese shrine for a US pilot, and more!
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
5-16-16
Trump’s success with evangelical voters isn’t surprising. It was inevitable.
by Randall Balmer
The religious right has a history of racism.
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SOURCE: The Yale Press Log
5-13-16
Abolitionists are American Democracy’s Unsung Heroes
by Manisha Sinha
Abolitionists never stopped pushing at the boundaries of their society and laid the foundations of the interracial democracy we still aspire to.
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SOURCE: NYT
5-17-16
Is Trump ‘Presidential’?
by Wesley Morris
Is Anyone?
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SOURCE: Princeton University Press Blog
5-11-16
Story of the Week: How Animals Have Been Used as Weapons
by Tonio Andrade
Before guided missiles, humans had few ways to attack their enemies remotely, so they tried using animals.
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SOURCE: Salon
5-15-16
Donald Trump’s deadly strategy: His attack on government has led to riots before, and could again
by Heather Cox Richardson
Trump's assault on legitimacy of the system is reminiscent of themes that led to some of America's darkest hours.
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SOURCE: Full Frontal
5-16-17
The Religious Right: A History
by Samantha Bee
The comedian Samantha Bee walks viewers through the religious right's takeover of the Republican Party.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
5-10-16
Are we ready to raise taxes on the rich?
by Kenneth Scheme and David Stasavage
History says no.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
5-13-16
Britain should stop trying to pretend that its empire was benevolent
by Alan Lester
There seems to be a continuing assumption within the British establishment that it sets an example for others to follow and that the British are owed deference by others.
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SOURCE: Informed Comment
5-15-16
Top 3 Signs Bill Clinton didn’t kill himself to “give” the Palestinians a State
by Juan Cole
His one-sided approach to the negotiations ensured that there would be none.
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