Bunk combs the web for new interpretations of American history, and highlights the fascinating connections between them.
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At the Smithsonian, Donald Trump Takes Aim at History
The urge to police the past is hardly an invention of the Trump Administration. It is the reflexive obsession of autocrats everywhere.
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How Leonard Bernstein Changed the Canon
In 1966, the conductor arrived in Vienna with a mission: to restore Gustav Mahler’s place in 20th-century music.
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On My Grandfather’s Novel: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" at 100
Reflections on the literary legacy of a timeless American novel.
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The Rebellions of Murray Kempton
One of his generation’s most prolific journalists, Kempton never turned a blind eye to the inequalities all around him.
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Why Are Trans People Such an Easy Political Target? The Answer Involves a Surprising Culprit.
Making a whole group of people this vulnerable does not just happen overnight.
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International Trade
Histories of how money and commodities have flowed across borders, from the slave-based economies of maritime empires to contemporary globalization.
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The Lingering Mystery of the 'Lost Colony' of Roanoke
From historians to horror writers to white nationalists, attempts to explain the settlement's fate reveal a great deal about our own attitudes.