historical

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Armed only with a graph of the unemployment rate, one could do a pretty good job picking out historical recessions.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“The modern view,” Mr. Sidebottom writes, “is to doubt its historical accuracy. It is a scholarly orthodoxy that the salute was no more than a one-off impromptu acclamation that went very wrong.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"The inconsistency of positions throughout the administration is pretty unique; there's not really a historical analogue that I can think of," Min said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

With archival photographs, film and newspapers, it spotlights voices from the movement and unheard historical narratives.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

If we start manipulating historical events, where does that lead?

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly