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

The legacies of conflict—and their increasingly accessible images in a global age—frame the shared bonds of trauma in keeping their memories alive.

On the Second Red Scare and the lessons that it can provide for us today.

On the robust influence of labor reform and antislavery ideas and movements on each other from the early National period to the Civil War.

On the rise and fall of confession in American Catholicism, and what the demography of today's Catholics says about the future of the faith.

Sensitivity to the influence of BaKongo cosmology on Kongo Christianity can help us better understand the choices made by leaders of the rebellion.

In the 19th century, dyed ostrich feathers were haute couture, adorning the hats and boas of fashionistas on both sides of the Atlantic.

Since the earliest days of the Republic, American citizenship has been contested, subject to the anti-democratic impulses of racism, suspicion, and paranoia.