For Independence Day, The New York Times asked voters what they valued about the United States, as well as what worried them.

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Bill Keller, the executive editor of the New York Times, sat on a couch in the Oval Office of the White House, three feet from President George W. Bush, and listened. For a meeting without ...

The public art installation is breathing the Spirit of ’76 into the nation today, saluting links in a chain extending back to ...

When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

While we believe New York deserves to be No. 1, the Empire State was ranked the fourth most fun state in America, according to WalletHub. While New York did not top the list overall, it did come ...

The United States overall is 11 percent foreign born; New York City is 36 percent foreign born. While 82 percent of those that live in the United States speak only English at home, in New York City ...

New York was the first capital of the United States -- George Washington was sworn in as the first President on the balcony of New York City's old City Hall on April 30, 1789.