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Paul-Julien Robert grew up on a country estate with dozens of adults; but he had no idea which one was his father. In the European free-love commune, where he was born in the late 1970s, pretty much ...

Recently named Vice-minister of Communal Economy, Hernán Vargas is a longstanding activist of the Pobladores movement in defense of the right to housing. In this two-part interview, Vargas reflects on ...

When most people think of communes, they envision shaggy hippies, psychedelic drugs and free-love free-for-alls. But according to Bridget Downey-Meyer, those stereotypes sell the idea — and, more ...

Cults are a fascinating study in human behavior. What seems like impossible actions become normal or commonplace to people all living together in relative isolation. How does it happen? There are many ...

MEDIA, Pa., Jan. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ With baby boomers controlling 80% of the world's wealth and governments, it's no surprise that they've also managed to carve out a literary genre of their own.

A man who led a Kansas commune that collected millions of dollars in life insurance payouts from dead members was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for the drowning death of one of them 12 years ago ...

BRATTLEBORO — Ask Peter Gould what inspired his new 1970s Vermont commune remembrance "Horse-Drawn Yogurt: Stories from Total Loss Farm" and he'll point to lies spouted by the president.Make that two ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. From ashrams to monasteries and even the mythical mould-free share house, humans have always been drawn to the promise of cohabitation.

“The Commune,” the new 1970s period piece from Danish writer/director Thomas Vinterberg, begins when architect Erik (Ulrich Thomsen) inherits a huge house. His own family, with wife Anna (Trine ...