Bunk combs the web for new interpretations of American history, and highlights the fascinating connections between them.
Antecedent
Before Mahmoud Khalil, There Was Harry Bridges
The U.S. government repeatedly tried to deport the midcentury labor leader over his alleged ties to the Communist Party.
Argument
James Madison and the Crisis of the New Order
The effort to return American government to republican principles is daunting—but the Founders’ wisdom can serve as a guide.
Comment
Anvil, the Forgotten Magazine of Heartland Marxism
Anvil's popular vision for a multiracial socialism in the heart of the US could hardly be more urgent today.
Debunk
Did Patrick Henry Really Say ‘Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death’?
The Virginia delegate may have spoken those words on March 23, 1775, but some historians doubt it.
Discovery
The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
Book Review
The Making of a Cold War Spy
The life and work of Frank Wisner, one of the CIA’s founding officers, offers us a portrait of American intelligence’s excesses.
Vignette
When the KKK Came to D.C.
Revisiting a 1925 march through the eyes of Black newspapers.