Bunk combs the web for new interpretations of American history, and highlights the fascinating connections between them.
Comment
How “The Great Gatsby” Took Over High School
The classroom staple turns a hundred.
Partner
Book Excerpt
Lethal Injection Is Not Based on Science
The history of the three-drug combo used in death-penalty executions.
exhibit
The Many Faces of Nativism
As this exhibit shows, anti-immigrant sentiment has been a throughline of American history.
Biography
“I Am Making the World My Confessor”: Mary MacLane, the Wild Woman from Butte
In 1902, a woman named Mary MacLane from Butte, Montana, became an international sensation after publishing a scandalous journal at the age of 19.
Book Review
Henry James’s American Journey
Why his turn-of-the-century travelogue still resonates.
Debunk
He’s a Key Thinker of the Radical Right, But Is He All That?
Where the rediscovery of Sam Francis goes wrong.
Book Review
The Dialectic Lurking Behind the Brutality
Greg Grandin’s new book tells the story of US expansionism and its complex relationship with the rest of the New World.