Bunk combs the web for new interpretations of American history, and highlights the fascinating connections between them.
Argument
The Progress Paradox
Neoliberals long preached that markets and technology reinforce each other. In reality, when one develops, the other tends to stagnate.
Antecedent
Stephen Douglas’ Fictitious Case: Immigrant Voting in Antebellum Illinois
How an Irish immigrant’s 1838 ballot in Illinois sparked a court battle over voting rights for non-citizens.
Comment
The Future of Search: Will We Still Google It?
Google grew from a Stanford project into a $3T tech giant, pioneering search, data scaling, and AI, now challenged by regulation and chatbots.
exhibit
On Drugs
Histories of the way those in power have attempted to regulate the flow of drugs, and of the impacts the impacts of those decisions on Americans’ lives.
Film Review
What Was the American Revolution For?
Amid plans to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, many are asking whether or not the people really do rule, and whether the law is still king.
Partner
Book Excerpt
Complicit in the Business of Indoctrination and Incarceration
By 1943, the Girl Scouts had a presence in every Japanese American internment camp.
Comment
The End of Naked Locker Rooms
What we lose when casual nudity disappears.