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

The US has grown wary of long occupations. Dropping the pretense of exporting democracy, the Trump administration now seeks to force existing powers to comply.

The patriotism embraced by American laborers united immigrant workers across backgrounds, but can that solidarity be reclaimed today?

Economic self-interest shaped how New Yorkers responded to British taxes and imperial crackdowns.

In 1876, Porfirio Díaz successfully deposed the Mexican government. He couldn’t have done it without the help of powerful Americans.

It has only ever been migrant movements, rather than benevolent states, that have granted true safety for the endangered.

Kamala Harris called Iran a “destabilizing, dangerous force.” The appropriate context for this is the US’s own decades-long history of destabilizing Iran.