historians

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Historians point to the period after the Civil War, when officials in the treasury department under President Ulysses Grant were involved in scandals around gold sales and customs collection, among other controversies.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

Historians Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore, as well as philosopher Jason Stanley, left their jobs at Yale University to take positions at the University of Toronto.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026

Historians rediscovered what Warren’s “History” could have told them all along: that the U.S. has, since its very beginning, been entangled in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Historians, educators, activists and politicians for far too long elevated Chávez above Huerta in the name of a simplistic narrative that should’ve never been constructed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Historians found them invaluable in expanding their knowledge of what types of large guns were aboard sixteenth-century warships.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler