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countercultures

Politics & History

The Fight for People’s Park

Fifty years ago, tens of thousands of people converged on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for the “Human ...

Politics & History

The Unlikely Hippies of the USSR

On the little-known hippie youth culture of the USSR.

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Arts & Culture

Do We Have to Tell Them the House Is Haunted?

On the law and mythologies of haunting, from antiquity to today.

Education & Society

Does Dark Tourism Exploit Tragedy for Profit?

Thanatourism, as one scholar calls it, has a long history. And some historic sites of mass death do offer thoughtful educational experiences.

Politics & History

What Do Sugar Skulls Mean on El Día de los Muertos?

The iconography of Mexico's Día de los Muertos has become wildly popular outside Latino communities. But where did the skulls and skeletons come from?

Politics & History

Ectoplasm and the Last British Woman Tried for Witchcraft

Spiritualist medium Helen Duncan was photographed emitting ectoplasm, supposedly proof of her ability to contact the dead.

Politics & History

From Samhain to Halloween

Exploring the Celtic origins of everyone's favorite harvest holiday celebrating thresholds between life and death.

The Fight for People’s Park

The Unlikely Hippies of the USSR

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