Bunk combs the web for new interpretations of American history, and highlights the fascinating connections between them.

Conservatives once panicked about a supposed federal plot to invade their communities and quash dissent. Now they’re cheering it.

Leaders of the American Historical Association overruled a motion to condemn scholasticide in Gaza, opting for cowardice over ethical clarity.

A ‘new history’ of the politicized classroom misses the mark.

Before her murder made her a true-crime obsession, Elizabeth Short was a real person. A new book tries to separate truth from myth in the infamous case.

Racial injustice was central to the establishment of the U.S. death penalty. Ending racial injustice must be central to its abolition.

The rise of a violent authoritarian state under Trump unveils a deep uncertainty over what America is.