historian
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With its “low wages and lack of benefits,” the economic historian Lind writes, “Walmart represented anti-Fordism.”
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
His proposed ballroom “represents another way this presidency has abandoned its imperative of projecting modesty, openness, and stability,” the architect and historian Neil Flanagan complained in the Atlantic this month.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
"There seems to be evidence Mengele was planning a trip to Europe in 1959," the historian told the BBC.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Thucydides was the great ancient historian of the Peloponnesian War, and he argued that a rising Athens frightened Sparta and led to war.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
His name was Alexander McKee and he was a British journalist, a historian, and an accomplished diver.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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