Bunk combs the web for new interpretations of American history, and highlights the fascinating connections between them.
Comment
Trump Is Drawing on Cold War–Era Repressive Tactics
A previous, dark period of American history paired ethnic exclusion through mass deportations and ideological exclusion through political repression.
Book Review
Chamberlain’s War
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain is remarkable not only for his sacrifices on behalf of the Union, but also for the moral imagination that inspired him.
Q&A
How Do We Combat the Racist History of Public Education?
On the schoolhouse’s role in enforcing racial hierarchy.
exhibit
Federal Bureaucracy
The federal government is the nation’s biggest employer. To many, its size is a problem in itself. This exhibit asks: how big is too big, and what do we miss when we focus on size alone?
Partner
Antecedent
Indifferent to the Fate of Freedom Elsewhere
Jimmy Carter is known for his defense of human rights worldwide. But in 1979, he threatened to deport thousands of Iranian student protesters.
1619 in Global Perspective
And why we need to study the history of slavery and the African diaspora globally.
Book Review
Henrietta Szold & the Return to Zion
Henrietta Szold devoted her life to building a Jewish society in Palestine. But how useful is her ’cultural’ Zionism for Jewish Americans today?