as in chronicler
a student or writer of history
historians are still trying to sort out fact from fiction in the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks
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There will be a post-show Q&A session with Buchanon and local historians.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
President Trump’s return to Washington has tested the bounds of presidential power and set off alarms among Democrats, historians and legal scholars who are warning that the country’s democratic order is under threat.
—Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Part of this closure, the historian said, will come from seeing Kosminski’s name linked to the murders — not Jack the Ripper.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
The historian said in many ways, 160 years later, the country appears to be echoing the same backlash that occurred after Black Americans made modest gains towards equality following Reconstruction – and vulnerable people, like trans Americans, are once again bearing the brunt.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
President Trump’s return to Washington has tested the bounds of presidential power and set off alarms among Democrats, historians and legal scholars who are warning that the country’s democratic order is under threat.
—Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Part of this closure, the historian said, will come from seeing Kosminski’s name linked to the murders — not Jack the Ripper.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
The historian said in many ways, 160 years later, the country appears to be echoing the same backlash that occurred after Black Americans made modest gains towards equality following Reconstruction – and vulnerable people, like trans Americans, are once again bearing the brunt.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
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