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Hippies

Tom Hardy in The Bikeriders | Focus Features/Universal Pictures

Movies

The Bikeriders Is a Nostalgic Vision of America's Postwar Counterculture

Jeff Nichols tells the tragic story of a carefree Midwest motorcycle gang that transforms into something uglier.

Peter Suderman | 6.21.2024 7:31 AM

excerpt | Photos: Members of the Chicago Conspiracy, Abbie Hoffman (center); CSU Archives/Everett: Wikimedia

Bill of Rights

How Hippies Saved the Fourth Amendment

The Nixon administration did everything it could to curb antiwar activism. Then the courts said it had gone too far.

Sean Howe | 9.9.2023 6:02 AM

Growing Up Underground with Steven Heller | Lex Villena, Reason

Media

Steven Heller: Growing Up Underground

The legendary art director talks about the aesthetics of rebellion and his strange journey from Screw magazine to The New York Times.

Nick Gillespie | 11.23.2022 12:24 PM

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Counterculture

Growing Up Underground With Steven Heller

The legendary art director on Greenwich Village in the '60s, the aesthetics of rebellion, and life at The New York Times.

Nick Gillespie | 11.23.2022 12:24 PM

a headshot of Grant McCracken next to an orange background with white letters that say cruelty-free capitalism | Lex Villena, Reason

Food

Grant McCracken: The Rise of Artisanal Everything and 'Cruelty-Free Capitalism'

In Return of the Artisan, anthropologist Grant McCracken explains how we've shifted from an industrial to a handmade economy.

Nick Gillespie | 8.31.2022 5:05 PM

Brian Doherty is author of Dirty Pictures, a history of underground comic books. | Lex Villena, Reason

Culture

Brian Doherty: From MAD Magazine to Maus

A new history, Dirty Pictures, explores how underground comix revolutionized art and exploded censorship once and for all.

Nick Gillespie | 7.6.2022 4:10 PM

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Music

Rock Legend Frank Zappa Battles Censorship, Communism, and Conformity in a New Documentary

Alex Winter's new film celebrates the Rock Hall of Famer's individualism, anti-authoritarianism, and entrepreneurship.

Nick Gillespie | 1.25.2021 11:35 AM

zappa1 | Magnolia Pictures

Music

Alex Winter: Frank Zappa's Ultra-Individualist Legacy

The rock legend fought for free speech and self-expression in ways that appealed to dissidents in America and communist countries alike.

Nick Gillespie | 1.6.2021 4:52 PM

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Communes

American Communism

A million hippie kids shaped modern America by trying to escape it.

Brian Doherty | 11.20.2016 6:00 AM

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