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Where to Score: Classified Ads from Haight-Ashbury

From 1966-1969, the underground newspaper 'San Francisco Oracle' became exceedingly popular among counterculture communities.

by Jason Fulford, Jordan Stein via The Paris Review on March 14, 2018

Sex, Pong, And Pioneers

What Atari was really like, according to the women that were there.

by Cecilia D'Anastasio via Kotaku on February 12, 2018

In 1968, When Nixon Said "Sock It To Me" on 'Laugh-In,' TV Was Never Quite the Same Again

The show's rollicking one-liners and bawdy routines paved the way for cutting-edge television satire.

by Ryan Lintelman via Smithsonian Magazine on January 19, 2018

The dramatic landscape of Big Sur cliffs and coastline.

Shouldn’t You Be in California?

The western frontiers of national wellness culture.

by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela via Boom California on January 9, 2018

Rage Against the Machine

An excerpt from a novel by Todd Gitlin that reimagines the violence outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

by Todd Gitlin via Smithsonian Magazine on January 1, 2018

Uncola: Seven-Up, Counterculture and the Making of an American Brand

Advertisements for the soft drink presented it as a soda revolution.

by Claire Payton via The Devil's Tale on December 4, 2017

The Kids Of Bowery's Hardcore 'Matinee,' Then And Now

Drew Carolan captured the mien of a subculture centered on midafternoon expressions of anger and community.

by Drew Carolan via NPR on November 16, 2017

The 1960s Photographer Who Documented the Peace Sign as a Political Symbol

Jim Marshall photographed the spread of the peace sign between 1961 and 1968, with his images now published for the first time by Reel Art Press.

by Allison C. Meier via Hyperallergic on October 20, 2017

Woman with a flower.

The Summer of Love Ended 50 Years Ago. It Reshaped American Conservatism.

The Jesus People, born on Haight Ashbury, had a profound influence on the Religious Right.

by Neil J. Young via Vox on August 31, 2017

Generations of Village Voice Writers Reflect on the End of Print

The end of an era.

by Luke O'Neil via Esquire on August 23, 2017

Trump speaking.

How the U.S. Lost Its Mind

Make America reality-based again.

by Kurt Andersen via The Atlantic on August 9, 2017

The Rise and Fall of the “Sellout”

The history of the epithet, from its rise among leftists and jazz critics and folkies to its recent fall from favor.

by Franz Nicolay via Slate on July 28, 2017

People in a large boat in an amusement park

How a Group of '70s Radicals Tried (and Failed) to Invade Disneyland

The Yippies' takeover did not quite go to plan.

by Kristin Hunt via Atlas Obscura on July 19, 2017

The Women and Girls of Telegraph Ave

The women of Telegraph Avenue whose stories remain untold.

by Madeline Appel, Sally Littlefield via The Berkeley Revolution on July 7, 2017

Designers On Acid: The Tripping Californians Who Paved The Way To Our Touchscreen World

Ever wondered why email, trash cans, Google Docs and desktops look the way they do? The answer lies in 1960s hippie culture.

by Oliver Wainwright via The Guardian on May 11, 2017

What the Guys Who Coined '420' Think About Their Place in Marijuana History

And how the term came to be code for pot-smoking in the first place.

by Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on April 19, 2017

Pearl Jam on stage.

The Story of Pearl Jam, from a Seattle Basement to The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

A look at the first year of the band originally known as Mookie Blaylock.

by Bill Reader via The Seattle Times on March 30, 2017

The Racist Legacy of NYC’s Anti-Dancing Law

The cabaret law—and its prejudicial history—is one of the city's darkest secrets.

by Eli Kerry, Penn Bullock via Vice on March 8, 2017

Detail from the Russian poster for the 1957 Polish film Kanal, directed by Andrzej Wajda and set during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Photo by Getty

The Strange Political History of The ‘Underground’

Subterranean metaphors have been a powerful tool of political resistance. Today, is there anywhere left to hide?

by Terence Renaud via Aeon on December 14, 2016

TIME's 'Is God Dead?' Cover Turns 50

How the April 8, 1966, cover of TIME set off a firestorm.

via TIME on April 8, 2016

The History of 420, in Three Acts

There are many theories about the origin of 420, but five guys named Waldo started it all.

by Steve Hager via Freedom Leaf Press on April 20, 2015

People standing in circles holding hands, near a teepee.

Will New Age Ideas Help us in The High-Tech Future?

From Stonehenge to Silicon Valley: how technology nurtured New Age ideas in a world supposedly stripped of its magic.

by Benjamin Breen via Aeon on April 7, 2015

An audience listens to musicians playing outdoors by a Summer of Love banner.

Suddenly That Summer

LSD, ecstasy, and a blast of utopianism: How 1967’s “Summer of Love” all began.

by Sheila Weller via The Hive on June 14, 2012

Photo of Norman Podhoretz

The Longest Journey Is Over

With the death of Norman Podhoretz at 95, the transition from New York’s intellectual golden age to the age of grievance and provocation is complete.

by David Klion via The Nation on December 17, 2025

Man setting out a placard, on the cover of the book "Make Your Own Job"

Make Your Own Job

A new book examines Americans' long obsession with the enticing and oppressive concept of entrepreneurship.

by Andrew Hartman via Society for U.S. Intellectual History on November 30, 2025

A smartphone screen shows a fork on a finished plate.

Who Was the Foodie?

What it would mean to take taste seriously again.

by Alicia Kennedy via The Yale Review on November 17, 2025

Black and white image of a long road with a car in the distance.

Living in the Shadow of Your Father’s Iconic Song

Sarah Curtis: “Maybe we’ve just learned what my teenage daughter does not yet fully know: that to be held to a law is often to be loved.”

by Sarah Curtis via Literary Hub on October 9, 2025

Illustration by Josh Gosfield of Reagan in a suit, next to the fashions of Trumpism, including the red hat, the golden sneaker, and the Jan. 6 rioter with the horned headdress.

How Did Republican Fashion Go From Blazers to Belligerence?

Trump and his cronies’ style reflects a platform where grievance is currency and performance is power.

by Derek Guy via The Nation on September 10, 2025

Illustration of Jack Kerouac and his editor Malcolm Crowley with the manuscript "On the Road."

Scrolling Through

Jack Kerouac, Malcolm Cowley, and the difficult birth of "On the Road."

by Gerald Howard via The American Scholar on September 2, 2025

Buildings at the University of Minnesota.

The Book That Explained the University To Itself

Laurence Veysey’s 1965 tome remains the most incisive portrait of higher education.

by Scott Spillman via The Chronicle of Higher Education on August 25, 2025

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