historians

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This year we commemorate a war that might be remembered only by historians had Washington not won it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“If there are historians in the future, they’ll look back at Starship and say it was one of the most profound things that ever happened,” Musk said in a podcast interview last December.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Ada Ferrer is one of the country’s leading historians of Cuba and her timely memoir, “Keeper of My Kin,” arrives at a moment of renewed urgency for Cuba.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

History curriculum, which more than half a million students took last year, and that most historians and educators consider to be ideologically well-balanced.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Questions that emerge from worldwide comparisons of human societies formerly attracted much attention from historians and geographers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond