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Corporate Shill In Chief – Ronald Reagan gets the Warhol treatment in 1985.

SEVEN DECADES

Stars & Hype Forever: In 1985, Ronald Reagan’s Reelection Represented the “Triumph of the Irrational”

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T’ain’t the heat — ’tis the humanity.

SEVEN DECADES

33 Reasons We Can’t Help Loving Summer in the City

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The evening that TWA Flight 800 exploded, this photo was taken by Linda Kabot outside Dockers Water Cafe in East Quogue. Kabot snapped shots during a party for her boss. After they were processed, her husband noticed the missile-like image flying over the heads of partygoers. The FBI has confirmed an object is in the photo and that it appears to be an aircraft, yet authorities have not identified it.

SEVEN DECADES

Still Looking for Answers on the 30th Anniversary of the TWA Flight 800 Explosion

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1976 Village Voice article by Greil Marcus about the American bicentennial

SEVEN DECADES

Last Refuge of a Rock Critic: A Bicentennial Search for Patriotism

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SEVEN DECADES

New Yorkers Hold Orlando Vigil at Stonewall Inn in 2016: ‘It’s Time to Fight the Hate With Love’

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A mockup for mockery.

SEVEN DECADES

A Monument to a Corrupt POTUS – 1977 Version

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SEVEN DECADES

The ‘Bad Boy Curse’

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SEVEN DECADES

New York’s 1970 ‘Hard Hat Riot’ Was a Precursor of Today’s MAGA Demagoguery

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Who you gonna call? In this early-'70s file photo, a man approaches a bank of Ma Bell’s pay phones, near Bryant Park. If he'd had a Blue Box — or a Black or Red one — he could have checked the racing results down at Hialeah, the weather in Moscow, or whatever information tidbits he might want to track down, all free of long-distance charges.

SEVEN DECADES

Hackers Before There Were ‘Hackers’: Phone Phreaks in Midtown

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