In the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Starfleet officer Geordi La Forge is blind—but his VISOR (Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement) and later ocular implants negate his ...

Utopia Parkway, which slices through the most diverse borough in New York, began as a dream of cooperative housing for poor Jewish immigrants. Illustration by Josh Gosfield. Utopia Parkway. It’s a ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed a utopian new vision for the United States under a vastly expanded federal government, which he dubbed the Great Society, on this day in history, Jan. 4, 1965. "We ...

As dreams and nightmares share our nights, so too they seem to share our life. Inexorably, we hope for the best and even dream of the perfect world, a utopian society. From Thomas More’s "Utopia" to, ...

A new book by a UB historian examines the largely unexplored ways in which utopian thinking became a model for civil rights activists and provided the foundation for a worldview that informed the work ...

An iconic utopian novel of the green movement, “Ecotopia” details the trials of an emerging ecostate that has seceded from the U.S. in an attempt to live in balance with the natural world. Feminism, ...

Hebrew literature from its biblical foundations along its contemporary expressions, presents a rich textual tapestry in which ...

Dolen Perkins-Valdez used to say she would never write a story with a cellphone in it. Some people can plug instantly into the current moment; she felt much more attuned to the past. Her first three ...

Conservative apologists for the status quo often stigmatize their opponents as “utopian.” But socialists and feminists shouldn’t be afraid of the term, since utopian thought can play an important role ...

Utopian films challenge directors to visualize perfect societies, while also maintaining dramatic tension. These stories require filmmakers to build believable ideal worlds that enhance the narrative ...

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