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The Rogue Police Union

Patrolman Phil Caruso and lawyer Richard Hartman built the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association into an arrogant, insular, and wealthy institution that stands above the law and beyond scrutiny. Where is the $63 million a year in tax funds and union dues going? Only their friends know for sure.

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The Long March

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From Liberty in Miss. To Justice in D.C.

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Driving While Black

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Joe Papp Crowns Himself

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I Lost It At The Obies

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BLACK LIKE WHO? Ghosts

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James Baldwin on Being Gay in America

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reflections on the king

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NYPD BLUES

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New York’s Finest: Busting Out All Over

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41 Bullets

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41 Bullets: A Wounded Mayor

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41 Bullets: Mothers of Invention

by Andrew Hsiao & Deirdre Hussey

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New York

41 Bullets: Reversal of Fortune

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The Front

41 Bullets: The City Will Never Be The Same

by Village Voice

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New York

Father of the Movement

by Peter Noel

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raising the iron curtain

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Václav Havel: The New King of Absurdistan

by Vít Horejs & Bonnie Stein

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Kramer Vs. Power

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An Open Letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci

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This Direction Home

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Bob Dylan Comes Back From the Edge

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Bob Dylan Meets the Press

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Music

The Basement Tapes: Bob Dylan Goes Public

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jockbeat

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Knicks-Lakers 1970: A Word For Wilt Chamberlain

by Andrew Sarris

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Dead Again: Who Is Killing Andy Warhol’s Legacy?

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RIFFS

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Two Funky White Boys

by Playthell Benjamin

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Music

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Reprint the Legend: Revisiting Bill Withers’s Carnegie Hall Classic

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Book Row

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Jerzy Kosinski’s Tainted Words

by Geoffrey Stokes with Eliot Fremont-Smith

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Republicans First!

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Now That We Can’t Be Beatles Fans Anymore

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A Cartoon History of Trumps, 1869–2018

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Beware When ‘Three Big Fat Men’ From the Trump Organization Knock on Your Door

by Joe Conason

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News & Politics

Trump's Dirty 70's Deals

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From The Archives

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mondo

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The Billion-Dollar Reason for Jimmy Hoffa’s Disappearance

by Jonathan Kwitney

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7 Days: The Slow Death of the New York Accent

by Charles Siebert

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From The Archives

Littlejohn & the Mob: Saga of a Heist

by Arthur Bell

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Art

Peter Beard: The Toast of Society Photographs the Death of a World

by Owen Edwards

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movie memories

Looking Back On Danny Aiello’s Star Turn in “Do The Right Thing”

by Renne Tajima

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Film

Film in Focus: Cruising Into Confusion

by Andrew Sarris

May 5, 2020

Cultural Commerce

Robert Downey – Sr.’s – Budget-Busting Ego-Booster

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The ‘Dog Day’ Bank Robber Learns Moviemaking, Like Crime, Does Not Pay

by Cliff Jahr

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Film

Quentin Tarantino, Natural Born Filmmaker

by Lisa Kennedy

October 24, 1994

Equal Measures

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Howard Cruse: The Back Door of Consciousness

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From The Archives

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Paranoid Notes on the Strange Death of Bruce Lee

by Mark Jacobson

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The Front

I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script

by Josh Olson

September 9, 2009

Music

The 50 Most NYC Albums Ever

by Village Voice staff

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From The Archives

Death of a Playmate

by Teresa Carpenter

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Music

The 60 Best Songs Ever Written About New York City

by Village Voice staff

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