Bunk combs the web for new interpretations of American history, and highlights the fascinating connections between them.
Comparison
Rust and Boll
Anthropic should learn from those cotton-picking socialists.
Book Excerpt
Inside the Rise of America’s Oligarch Class—And What It Means For All of Us
On the impact of widening wealth inequality on American politics.
Antecedent
The Rabbis Who Gave America the Weekend
How two Orthodox rabbis refused to compromise Jewish law and helped reshape American life.
Comment
The New History Wars
A bookish form of protest is opposing Trump’s changes.
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Dolly Parton
January 19, 1926 — August 25, 2026
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Partner
Dispatch
Where Lies the Revolutionary Soldier?
As the U.S. celebrates its 250th birthday, historians and archaeologists are working to recover the names of those who fought for independence.
Longread
How the Court Killed the Voting Rights Act
The Louisiana v. Callais decision rewrites the South’s recent political history and the Act's terms to make it impossible to prove a voting rights violation.