Bunk combs the web for new interpretations of American history, and highlights the fascinating connections between them.

When the American Dream came to Africa.

'Freaks' asked audiences to think about the exploitative display of human difference while also demonstrating that the sideshow was a locus of community.

As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in US history.

The zealot who oversaw the Salem Witch Trials initially voiced restraint—what changed?

Can Zohran Mamdani reshape New York—and national—politics like Mayor Fiorello La Guardia once did?

How the conservative scholar’s 1996 bestseller anticipated blaming everything on “woke.”

On Jean Craighead George’s most famous book, Walden’s legacy, and the dream of togetherness.