San Francisco Chronicle coverage of the 50th Anniversary
Throughout 2017, the San Francisco Chronicle provided extensive coverage of the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love.
Charles Manson and the Perversion of the American Dream
Fame – more than art, more than religion, more than money – motivated Manson as he careened from prison, to musician, to murder. In his way, he was an early adopter of something that permeates American culture today.
Charles Manson Was Not a Product of the Counterculture
Mr. Manson was not the end point of the counterculture. If anything, he was a backlash against the civil rights movement and a harbinger of white supremacist race warriors like Dylann Roof, the lunatic fringe of the alt-right.
Charles Manson was a nightmare from the ‘summer of love’
Charles Manson became an infamous symbol of the dark side in the summer of love — and helped to stunt progressive policies for decades to come.
The Magazine that Inspired Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone’s identity can also be traced to two sources: Berkeley’s culture of dissent and Ramparts magazine, the legendary San Francisco muckraker.