If you wanted to find the Vietnam War in American television shows, you mostly had to wait until it was long over.

The Norman Lear-created CBS comedy owed its popularity to timely political bickering between cantankerous patriarch Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor) and his liberal-minded son-in-law Michael ...

San Wei, which serves pastrami sandwiches along with churros and biang biang noodles, tells a uniquely American story.

Donald Trump, who grew up 15 minutes from Archie Bunker, took it seriously. “We’re bringing wealth back to America,” says tariff-happy Mr. Trump. “That’s a big thing.” Those in the ...

Author Laurence Samuel grew up in Brooklyn and on Long Island. But it was a trip to the World’s Fair 60 years ago that was ...