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Chita Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of 'West Side Story,' and was still dancing on Broadway a half-century later.

Stacker celebrates historys most boundary-pushing—and thereby controversial—songs from 1930 through today.

Stacker celebrates history's most boundary-pushing—and thereby controversial—songs from 1930 through today.

Stacker celebrates historys most boundary-pushing—and thereby controversial—songs from 1930 through today.

Fred Hampton was assassinated 53 years ago. We're looking back at iconic images of the Black Panthers, as they embody his famous line "you can jail a revolutionary, but you can't jail a revolution."

Is it millions of marchers with clever signs and slogans, or does effective protest take more than just raised voices and collective outrage?

The late California author’s 1975 talk, reproduced here, has been called among the best commencement addresses ever.

In her transformative essay from 1967, Joan Didion takes a closer look at the dark side of the Haight-Ashbury counterculture during the Summer of Love.

Yes, Morrison's pants were leather. Yes, Densmore slept with Eve — and other questions answered as the Doors drummer remembers L.A.'s two writer-icons.

Since the rent is too damn high in Byrne X-Men-landia and I cant compete with deep-pocketed Byrne collectors like Rob Liefeld, I downshifted my interests. Thankfully, Byrnes catalog is full of awesomeness, so I was able to recently pick up my first JB original, a half-splash from Alpha Flight #17. That will happily occupy a place in my collection. Im sure collectors who focus on comics or action figures have to make the same adjustments as certain realities of life come into play. Credit: Ted...