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Jim Downs

  • Professor, Historian, and Writer, Freelance
Norwich, Philadelphia
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Author of Maladies of Empire & Sick from Freedom; GilderLehrman NEH Prof at Gettysburg Coll; Editor of Civil War History; www.jimdownsofficial.com/
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On the Public Historians Reminding Us How Easy It Is to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past

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By Jim Downs
| Literary Hub Verified
A recent essay in The New Republic asks why historians have become such visible public voices during the Trump era. Katherine Kelaidis argues that figures such as Heather Cox Richardson, Jill Lepore, Joanne Freeman, Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Kevin Kruse have become a new class of liberal public intellectuals, translating the past into political commentary. She identifies a real phenomenon. Historians have become more visible in American public life than they have been in decades.
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Slavery was central to the presidency, and the President’s House |Opinion

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By Jim Downs
| The Philadelphia Inquirer Verified
Last Thursday, the National Park Service removed a series of informational signs about slavery from the President’s House site at Sixth and Market Streets in Old City Philadelphia. Installed when the site opened in 2010, the signs documented the lives of the enslaved people who lived and labored in the home of Presidents George Washington and John Adams.
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Opinion | A Sweet, Sexy, Happy Love Story Between Two Men. Revolutionary.

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By Jim Downs
| The New York Times Verified
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. This article contains spoilers for the Crave/HBO Max series “Heated Rivalry.” “Heated Rivalry” has become a breakout hit.
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