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Diving Deep Into Radical Thought During the Hippie Era

By Danny Goldberg / Akashic Books

In Danny Goldberg's new book, he explores the world-famous "Be In," the giant talent of Allen Ginsberg, and 1967, the year of the "Summer of Love."

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Listen: Nobel Winner Bob Dylan Releases Remarkable Speech on How His Words and Songs Relate to Literature

By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

The Radical Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks, the First Black Author to Win a Pulitzer Prize

By Angela Jackson / Beacon Press

Spicer Uses what George Orwell Called Duckspeak

By Todd Gitlin / BillMoyers.com

Why Do Many People Think They've Never Met a Transgender Person?

By Laura Erickson-Schroth, Laura A. Jacobs / Beacon Press

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The Hidden Costs of Sea Level Rise

Timothy H. Dixon / Cambridge University Press

Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 05/28/2017 - 12:00

Trump's White Christian Voter Base Is Shrinking, But What Will Replace It?

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 05/26/2017 - 10:43

An Inside Look at the Horsemen of Our Apocalypse

Jefferson Morley / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 05/26/2017 - 09:59

Applying Socrates to Politics: 'To Attain the True Life We Have to Struggle Against Prejudices'

Alain Badiou / Polity Press

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 05/25/2017 - 11:29

Our Identities and Political Thinking Are Formed in Our Free Time, Which Is Constantly Shrinking

Peter Sloterdijk / Polity Press

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 05/25/2017 - 11:00

Who Is She? The Personification of Cannabis in Cultural and Individual Experience

Kathleen Harrison / Project CBD

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 05/25/2017 - 10:54

AlterNet Comics: Jen Sorensen on the Fallacy of Both Sides Journalism

Jen Sorensen / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 05/23/2017 - 07:42

Science of Measuring the Earth Delivers an Important Political Lesson in Humility

Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw / Da Capo Press

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 05/19/2017 - 11:39

‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’: The Economic Voodoo That Seduces Americans to Vote Against Their Own Interest

Corey Dolgon / Policy Press

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 05/18/2017 - 12:54

Michelle Alexander: What I Learned From Susan Burton, a Modern-Day Harriet Tubman

Michelle Alexander / The New Press

Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 05/17/2017 - 13:22

Chomsky: The Economic Facts of American Life in the 21st Century

Noam Chomsky, Peter Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott / Seven Stories Press, BillMoyers.com

Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 05/16/2017 - 16:52

David Lynch: The Unexpected Story Behind 'Twin Peaks' Villain Casting

David Lynch / TarcherPerigee

Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 05/16/2017 - 12:54

Why Tidal Power Should Play a Critical Role in Renewable Energy's Future

Jonathan White / Trinity University Press

Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 05/14/2017 - 12:00

White Racism in America's Police Departments Is So Much Worse Than Most Americans Understand

Jeff Pegues / Prometheus Books

Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 05/08/2017 - 13:29

SNL Nails How Men Would Really React in 'The Handmaid's Tale'

Jenny Pierson / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 05/07/2017 - 06:48

Did You Catch This Theme in 'The Handmaid's Tale'?

Valerie Tarico / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 05/05/2017 - 10:21

Leave the Car, Take the Bike: Cycling Is Better for Your Health—and the Environment

Peter Walker / TarcherPerigee

Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 04/30/2017 - 12:00

It's So Much Harder to Escape Poverty Than You Might Think—It Can Take Decades and an Incredible Streak of Good Luck

April M. Short / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 04/29/2017 - 09:50

Confronting the Great Mass Addiction of Our Era

Fatima Bhutto / The Guardian

Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 04/28/2017 - 10:47

Homeless and Unemployed in an Economy We're Supposed to Think Is Liberating

Ilana Gershon / University of Chicago Press

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 04/27/2017 - 13:24

Take a Good Look at the Frozen Beauty of the Arctic Before It All Melts Away

Diane Tuft / Assouline

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 04/27/2017 - 12:00

How a Crisis of Hope Has Shifted From 'The Grapes of Wrath' to Progressivism

Ronald Aronson / University of Chicago Press

Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 04/27/2017 - 11:31

Noam Chomsky: The Republican Party Is the 'Most Dangerous Organization in World History'

Noam Chomsky, Peter Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott / Seven Stories Press

Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 04/25/2017 - 14:44

Animals Raised for Food Have Deep Cognitive and Emotional Lives—So Why Do We Treat Them With Such Cruelty?

Marc Bekoff, Jessica Pierce / Beacon Press

Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 04/25/2017 - 12:00

America Is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 04/22/2017 - 07:49

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