Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You can’t sum up the hippie movement in one sentence, but if you could it would be this: The only way to envision a just and ...

Palo Alto’s Pace Gallery showcases Irving Penn’s sublime portraits from the heyday of the Haight Ashbury. Irving Penn “Rock Groups,” San Francisco, 1967 (Courtesy of the Irving Penn Foundation) “In ...

Some call them flower children. Others refer to them as drug users or stoners. People of younger generations think of ’69’s Woodstock, of peace and love, of an old, hidden picture of a parent decked ...

When I was a kid my siblings used to tease me about reading the encyclopedia.I didn’t read it so much as get engrossed in a few choice items. I would look up some topic, usually a Civil War general, ...

The last decade has seen a steady resurgence in flare pants, psychedelic patterns, and crochet clothing, all reminiscent of an older era. But the infamous ‘60s and ‘70s were more than just a bold ...

Why the dark side of ’60s counterculture is trending now. By Ruth La Ferla All smiles in their ribbon-and-lace-trimmed mini-dresses, the three winsome young women could not have been more eye-catching ...

Commentary--The '60s represent many things to many people, but did that same era of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll also inspire the revolution in personal computing? That remains an unconventional ...

Each installment of The Friendship Files features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she ...