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  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Scientology Petition Meets Its Goal: Will Obama Wiggle Out of It? (UPDATED)

    Looking for a loophole?​Just three days ago, we pointed out that a White House petition regarding Scientology had a long way to go to meet its Monday deadline of 5,000 signatures. But a big surge in signatures pushed the petition past 5,000 last night. And now, the Obama administration will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Londoners See a Disaster, But Scientology Sees an Opportunity!

    ​Some (mostly annoying) Scientology updates today while we wait for tomorrow's big reveal in our countdown: In the suburbs of London (and in nearby Birmingham), where rioting has reached end-times proportions, Scientology's "Volunteer Ministers" have been spotted in their yellow jackets, hand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    The Five Best First Ladies Of All Time

    IMHO... ​ (5) Hillary Clinton She's smart, tough, and almost ran for President, securing a high-power job in the administration when that didn't work out. Besides, she behaved classily when humiliated by her husband's trouser antics, not letting us see her pain and using it to build char ... More >>

  • Theater

    February 23, 2011

    Anne Frank Appears Off-Broadway

    The Public Theater offers a diary product—Rinne Groff's Compulsion

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Butter Queen of Brooklyn Churns Out the Good Stuff

    The First Ladies of butter​ Yes, Brooklyn foodism is reaching an apogee of somewhat annoying proportions, but one new company stands out as a worthwhile addition to the larder: The Butter Queen of Brooklyn, which sells a variety of flavored butters.

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    The New Yorker's Annual Food Issue Has Arrived

    Martin Schoeller/The New Yorker​The New Yorker's annual food issue is out this week, to the immeasurable joy of gastronerds who have some spare time on their hands. High on the marquee is Lauren Collins' profile of April Bloomfield, whom Collins dubs "the food world's oblivious savant." Elsew ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Download: Sweet Bulbs, "Acid and TV"

    Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. ​Brooklyn lo-fi newbies Sweet Bulbs run the sunrise-punk of bands like Hüsker Dü through the modern machinery of dreampop, dreamgaze, and dreamnoise--think your fave Captured Tracks band running st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2010

    Potential Facebook Status Updates For Sexy Spy Anna Chapman

    ​At Runnin' Scared, we're proud fans of Anna Chapman's Facebook page. Though she's a pretty bad spy, having been caught by the FBI and shipped back home to Russia, she happens to be pretty good at social networking, always picking flattering photographs and sharing wisdom with her "friends" th ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 27, 2010

    FASHION PIONEERS

    So you think you have original style? Think again.

  • News

    March 24, 2010

    Segregation 2010: Bloomberg's Schools

    The mayor and his schools chancellor make their stand at the schoolhouse door

  • News

    November 10, 2009

    The Pet-Death Business

    All dogs go to heaven. Yours will probably get there in an urn.

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Clip Job: Gore Vidal Really Doesn't Like RFK for Senator

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesOctober 1, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 50Bobby is Not 'Best Man' for Playwright VidalBy Mary Perot NicholsThe author of "The Best Man" stood on a sidewalk at 74th Street and Madison Avenue on a rainy Monday and told TV and newspapermen that the best ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    Obamas Get a Garden

    Michelle Obama will enlist the help of 23 fifth-graders to dig up a patch of the White House lawn in which an organic vegetable garden will be planted. The garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt's WWII victory garden, will be visible to passers-by. [NY Times] Some of the city's A-list restaurat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    From the Crap Archives: Weep No More, My Lady

    Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Weep No More, My Lady Author: W.E. Debnam Publisher: The Graphic Press, Raleigh, North Carolina Date: 1950 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    Clip Job: Paul Newman, Activist

    Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Weep No More, My Lady Author: W.E. Debnam Publisher: The Graphic Press, Raleigh, North Carolina Date: 1950 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2008

    Clip Job: Eleanor Roosevelt Supports the Fight Against Carmine DeSapio

    Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Weep No More, My Lady Author: W.E. Debnam Publisher: The Graphic Press, Raleigh, North Carolina Date: 1950 ... More >>

  • Film

    June 17, 2008

    Kit Kittredge: As American as Overpriced Dolls

    All it takes to cure the Depression is a little Miss Sunshine

  • News

    March 4, 2008

    MICHAEL MUSTO as LINDSAY LOHAN as MARILYN MONROE in 'The ultimate re-vamping'

    All it takes to cure the Depression is a little Miss Sunshine

  • Columns

    December 18, 2007

    Horoscope

    All it takes to cure the Depression is a little Miss Sunshine

  • News

    November 6, 2007

    How We Delight Our Enemies

    A former light unto the world, We, the People, have been darkened by this administration

  • NYC Life

    April 3, 2007

    Girls to Men

    Young lesbians in Brooklyn find that a thug's life gets them more women

  • Columns

    January 16, 2007

    Horoscope

    Young lesbians in Brooklyn find that a thug's life gets them more women

  • News

    January 9, 2007

    Our Human Rights Show

    Countries abusing their prisoners say they are following America's practices

  • Books

    December 26, 2006

    Musto vs. Musto

    Our gossip maven talks to himself about starfucking, outing, and his new book

  • Columns

    October 10, 2006

    Horoscope

    Our gossip maven talks to himself about starfucking, outing, and his new book

  • Screens

    April 19, 2005

    screens

    Our gossip maven talks to himself about starfucking, outing, and his new book

  • News

    September 7, 2004

    Give His Piece a Chance: Pete Robbins Jazzes Up National Politics

    Our gossip maven talks to himself about starfucking, outing, and his new book

  • News

    July 6, 2004

    Smile—That's the Ticket!

    With Edwards in the room, Hillary's not exactly the life of her party

  • NYC Life

    June 15, 2004

    Listings

    With Edwards in the room, Hillary's not exactly the life of her party

  • News

    January 20, 2004

    Uta Hagen, 1919-2004

    Respect for a master actor and teacher who inspired others through the unmatched sublimity of her example

  • News

    June 24, 2003

    Outing Abe

    Also Adolf, Jesus, Eleanor, Robin Hood, and Other Historic Greats

  • News

    June 17, 2003

    Over the Hillary

    Feminists Find It Hard to Stand By Their Woman

  • News

    May 13, 2003

    Any Anti-Mugabe Protesters Here?

    Zimbabwe Cleared by United Nations

  • NYC Life

    March 26, 2002

    One-Bedroom Apartment in Housing Project

    Zimbabwe Cleared by United Nations

  • Columns

    November 13, 2001

    Horoscope

    Zimbabwe Cleared by United Nations

  • Film

    October 23, 2001

    Conflicts of Interest

    Zimbabwe Cleared by United Nations

  • Theater

    October 9, 2001

    Pure Now for Pop People

    Zimbabwe Cleared by United Nations

  • Film

    August 7, 2001

    Caste Away

    Zimbabwe Cleared by United Nations

  • NYC Life

    February 20, 2001

    Film Forum

    The Academy Award Nominations Were Announced Last Week. Do You Have Oscar Fever?

  • News

    October 31, 2000

    Hillary Clinton, Because Muscle Matters

    The Senate

  • News

    October 24, 2000

    Questions for Hillary

    She Says She’s Not a Liberal

  • News

    April 11, 2000

    Faculty Showdown

    Insurgents Seek Leadership of CUNY Union

  • News

    April 4, 2000

    Joe Gould's Secret History

    The Diary of a Legendary Village Bohemian Surfaces at NYU

  • News

    March 14, 2000

    Hillary and the Death Penalty

    ‘Executions Are Class Warfare’

  • Long Island Voice

    October 19, 1999

    The love of her life

    ‘Executions Are Class Warfare’

  • News

    July 13, 1999

    Hillary's Big Problem

    No Woman Has Ever Won Higher Office in New York State

  • News

    June 15, 1999

    The Hillary Clinton Cheat Sheet

    A Guide to the Scandals and Issues That Could Stall Her Senate Run

  • Specials

    March 16, 1999

    Letters

    A Guide to the Scandals and Issues That Could Stall Her Senate Run

  • NYC Life

    February 23, 1999

    Office Politics

    New York's First Lady?

  • News

    February 9, 1999

    Life After Duane

    Four Candidates Vie for 'the Gay Seat'

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