A new PBS documentary reveals why Henry David Thoreau’s radicalism resonates today

Since his death in 1862 at the age of 44, Thoreau’s writing has had a lasting impact, inspiring leaders like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mahatma Gandhi. His ideas about living a meaningful life continue to resonate today, and sadly, his observations about human cruelty and our relationship with nature are still relevant almost two centuries after they were first written.







