In new book 'A Promised Land,' history professor Adam Jortner looks at the role of Jews - then just 0.1% of the population - ...

The Massachusetts Constitution was the basis for the U.S. Constitution. Here's why that matters. And here's what's at stake ...

Tomorrow will be the 250th anniversary of the “ shot heard ‘round the world ” that began the American Revolution. Next year, ...

New Canaan residents, business owners and local leaders leaders can display two lights in windows on Friday and Saturday to ...

John Adams and John Quincy Adams were public figures who made significant contributions to the founding and expansion of the ...

Two centuries ago this June, the United States made its first declaration of war, inaugurating a 32-month conflict with Britain that claimed almost as many lives as the Revolutionary War.

An exclusive excerpt of Acid Queen by Susannah Cahalan, which tells the untold story of Rosemary Leary and her life with the ...