Amid the heated political rhetoric of 2016, the author of a book about the Salem witch trials of the 17th century says hatred of the so-called “other” dates back to the Puritans. Here & Now’s Robin Young explores that history with Stacy Schiff, author of “The Witches: Salem 1692.”
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- Stacy Schiff, author of “The Witches: Salem 1692.” She tweets @stacyschiff.
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