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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: Washington Post
  7/21/19
  

  Treating immigrants like criminals has a long history in the United States

  by Melina Juárez Pérez

  “Crimmigration” started well before the Trump administration.

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  7/23/19
  

  Hundreds of black Americans were killed during 'Red Summer.' A century later, still ignored

  It was branded "Red Summer" because of the bloodshed and amounted to some of the worst white-on-black violence in U.S. history.

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  7/22/19
  

  Memes and Memory: How Anthony Johnson, a Captive African, Became a Right-wing Talking Point

  by Tyler Parry

  Memes are perfect for establishing “Myth-stories,” as they do not ask readers to evaluate the sources and are often shared prolifically.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  7/16/19
  

  Ed Dwight Was Set to Be the First Black Astronaut. Here’s Why That Never Happened.

  For a brief moment, the civil rights movement and the space race came together.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  7/19/19
  

  75 Years After World War II Theft, a Painting Returns to Italy

  75 years after a German soldier made off with it, the small “Vase of Flowers” by Jan van Huysum returned. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  7/19/19
  

  U.S. Ship Sunk in World War II by German Sub Is Found Off Maine Coast

  The U.S.S. Eagle PE-56, which lost 49 of 62 crew members, was located by a civilian dive team.

• 
• SOURCE: Time
  July 17, 2019
  

  The Woman Who Discovered the Cause of Global Warming Was Long Overlooked. Her Story Is a Reminder to Champion All Women Leading on Climate

  by Katharine Wilkinson

  A female scientist made the connection between carbon dioxide and global warming in the mid 19th century. 

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• SOURCE: Yahoo
  July 21, 2019
  

  Iran Confrontation With U.K. Reflects History of Bad Blood

  The complicated history of Iranian relations with the United Kingdom.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  July 15, 2019
  

  The deadly race riot ‘aided and abetted’ by The Washington Post a century ago

  A front-page article helped incite the violence in the nation’s capital that left as many as 39 dead

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• SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal
  July 19, 2019
  

  ‘Last Witnesses’ Review: The War Through the Eyes of Children

  An oral history of the ethnic cleansing in Belarus, as remembered by those who should have been far too young to endure such a tragedy.

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• SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal
  July 16, 2019
  

  ‘Cities’ Review: The Metropolis and the Masses

  Did urban settlement spring from the hearts and minds of the people, or from elites’ strategies for increasing their own power?

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• SOURCE: Chicago Tribune
  July 21, 2019
  

  ‘Ready to explode’: How a black teen’s drifting raft triggered a deadly week of riots 100 years ago in Chicago

  100 years ago riots broke out across Chicago. 

• 
• SOURCE: Truth Out
  July 19, 2019
  

  How Feminists Resisted Prisons and Policing in the 1970s

  by Emily Thuma

  The story of how women fought to end violence. 

• 
• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  July 20, 2019
  

  ‘Send her back!’: Trump, Ilhan Omar and the complicated history of back to Africa

  The complicated history of the back to Africa movement in connection with President Trump.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  July 22, 2019
  

  Historic mansion on land George Washington once owned is set to be demolished

  Some in Virginia bemoan losing Collingwood, a Potomac River landmark

• 
• SOURCE: NPR
  July 19, 2019
  

  The History Of Dissent In American Political Life

  In light of President Trump's comments about four freshmen lawmakers, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Harvard Professor Khalil Muhammad about the history of dissent in American political life.

• 
• SOURCE: The Lily
  July 20, 2019
  

  It’s not just Sarah Milov. Female academics aren’t credited in media ‘all the time.’

  The story of female historians not getting recognition for their work. 

• 
• SOURCE: History.com
  7/17/19
  

  The Amazing Handmade Tech That Powered Apollo 11’s Moon Voyage

  A surprising number of the Apollo spacecraft’s critical parts ended up being crafted and assembled by hand, by a vast battalion of little-known and little-heralded workers back on earth.

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• SOURCE: Politico Magazine
  7/17/19
  

  The Racist History of Tipping

  by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

  Lawmakers will vote on the Raise the Wage Act, which would boost the minimum wage across the country to $15 an hour by 2024. This would be a crucial step toward the first federal minimum wage increase in more than a decade.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  7/16/19
  

  Did we mishear Neil Armstrong’s famous first words on the Moon?

  by Melissa Michaud Baese-Berk

  I recently conducted a study on ambiguous speech, using Armstrong’s famous quote to try to figure out why and how we successfully understand speech most of the time, but also make the occasional mistake.