PALO ALTO, Calif. -- What more can anyone say about the 1960s and all its legacies? Those who protested some 40 years ago often still congratulate themselves that their loud zeal alone brought needed ...

More than any other postwar decade, the 1960s are as much a legend as they are an actual decade — and one full of contradictions, meaning different things to different people. It's easy for older ...

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“In the war for the American mind, entertainment programs have become political territory,” Kathryn C. Montgomery wrote in her book “Target: Prime Time.” The 1960s radicalized American entertainment, ...

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America's most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. She takes you ...

People who were kids in the 1960s, largely late baby boomers and older Gen Xers, learned many life lessons that are sadly ...

The 1960s were a time of unrest and political turmoil, not unlike today. Contributing columnist William McKenzie details the lessons we can learn from that era. Michael Hogue/Staff Artist; Photos/DMN ...

It's no secret that everything is bigger nowadays. Whether it's houses, TVs or cars - compared to decades ago, things have gone supersized. And that includes serving sizes and waistlines. In 2024, 43 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This article was adapted from Nuclear War: A Scenario, published March 26, 2024, by ...

(CNN) — On the cover of Lisa Birnbach’s “The Official Preppy Handbook,” a tongue-in-cheek 1980s guide to looking, acting and thinking like a US prep school elite, a pattern along the border depicts a ...

A Black man walks along an American highway, his sneakers balanced on his head. A white motorcyclist agrees to give him a ride before asking him where he’s from. “Africa? Where women go around with ...