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: Johnson's Russia List
June 11, 2014
According to a poll conducted by the Levada Center, the share of Russians who support the idea of an independent Russia has increased over the last year from 53 percent to 71 percent.
Source: The Guardian
June 11, 2014
"The whole thing is exceedingly dangerous."
Source: Huffington Post
June 12, 2014
It's no secret that when the economy takes a turn for the worse, racial minorities often take a disproportionate hit. But why?
Source: American Spectator
June 6, 2014
by Mark Tooley
Conservatives ridicule the "odd coalition" that opposes the prayer's placement on the Mall.
Source: NBC
June 11, 2014
20 years ago Simpson murdered his ex-wife (as a civil court found).
Source: Truthout
June 9, 2014
Ellsberg suspects their real aim was to provoke China into responding.
Source: Japan Focus
June 9, 2014
by Michael Rank
George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four is just the kind of book that you would expect to be banned in China, all that talk of Big Brother, Newspeak and the rewriting of history is far too close to the bone.
Source: BBC
June 9, 2014
Forensic scientists looking for the body of Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes say they have found five possible sites at a Madrid church.
Source: Huffington Post
June 2, 2014
In one survey, Americans said by a 68 percent to 15 percent margin that the government should not make payments to black Americans who are the descendants of slaves.
Source: The Telegraph
June 9, 2014
Here, we look at the most expensive coins ever sold.
Source: The Telegraph
June 9, 2014
The rare 1731 Stradivarius violin found at Manhattan home of Huguette Clark, late heiress to $500m copper fortune, is expected to fetch $10m at auction.
Source: Oregonlive.com
June 8, 2014
Some sections now lie beneath the James River.
Source: Civil War Memory
June 7, 2014
The Citadel could lose nearly $1 million in Charleston County funding if it does not agree to remove a Confederate flag from Summerall Chapel, Councilman Henry Darby.
Source: NYT
June 6, 2014
At least 5,000 of combat vehicles returned to Normandy to commemorate the battle’s 70th anniversary.
Source: Telegraph (UK)
June 6, 2014
The Queen’s parents were nearly killed in the Second World War.
Source: Ohio State University -- Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective
June 6, 2014
#2: The invasion was a compromise.
June 8, 2014
Archaeologists are investigating the remains of a settlement estimated to date to the late Neolithic, about 5800 BCE.
Source: NYT
June 6, 2014
The documents cover subjects including the American response to the genocide in Rwanda, policies toward gay men and lesbians serving in the military, the Oklahoma City bombing and Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 campaign for president.
Source: Time
June 4, 2014
TIME went back in history to pull out the details, context and feelings of those grim days from their own coverage at the time.
Source: Smithsonian
June 5, 2014
For 150 years, the famous explorers were relatively unknown characters.
