THE FRONT

The Dangerous Politics Behind NYC’s Lifeguard Shortage

Longtime problems between lifeguard unions and their members put the public at risk.

by Ruthie Kornblatt-Stier

CULTURE

Why Hip-Hop Has Many Fathers

by Peter Noel

Environment

Can NYC’s New Climate Agenda Keep Our Heads Above Water?

by Andrew Scott

Five Years On: Aretha’s Legacy

MUSIC ARCHIVES

Aretha: The Voice of America

by Carol Cooper

Originally published August 17, 2018

Remembrance

Singing in the Midnight Hour: An Encounter with the Queen of Soul

by Melanie R. Hill

August 15, 2023

MUSIC ARCHIVES

Farewell to the Revolutionary, Influential, and Dazzling ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin

by Michael Musto

Originally published August 16, 2018

What's Up

NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

The Big Fix

by Robert Fitch

Originally published September 14, 1999

CULTURE

Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary (Almost) Hit a Home Run at Yankee Stadium

by Kyle Eustice

August 14, 2023

BOOKS

Infinite Joyce: Prolific Oates Takes On Dead Wallace

by Gideon Leek

August 9, 2023

Cannabis

Housing Works Cannabis Co., NY’s First Dispensary, Did $12 Million in 6 Months

by Jimi Devine

August 8, 2023

News

Reverend William Barber Gives the Poor People’s Campaign a Second Wind

by Robert Hennelly

June 26, 2023

Screens

FILM

‘The Passenger’ Makes for a Disturbing Road Trip

by Chad Byrnes

August 16, 2023

FILM

Doc on Stephen King’s Influence On-Screen is Horror-Lite

by Chad Byrnes

August 16, 2023

FILM

‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Sinks Dracula’s Journey into Silliness

by Michael Atkinson

August 11, 2023

FILM

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Brings The Meme-ish Mayhem

by Asher Luberto

August 10, 2023

FILM

In ‘Barbie’ Existential Crisis Makes For Uneven Comedy

by Lina Lecaro

July 25, 2023

NYC UPDATE

OP-ED

Daniel Penny For Your Thoughts – and Prayers?

by Peter Noel

June 21, 2023

MUSIC

‘Rapper’s Delight’ – Wonder Mike’s Genuine Rags to Riches Story

by Kyle Eustice

July 5, 2023

CULTURE

Milton Glaser Helped Define the Look of the 20th Century

by R.C. Baker

July 24, 2023

News

When Work is a ‘Crime Against Humanity’

by Ruthie Kornblatt-Stier

May 19, 2023

NEW YORK

Can NYPD Reform Be Raised From the Dead?

by John Teufel

May 1, 2023

Democracy in Danger

POLITICS ARCHIVE

Stop the G.O.P.! The Rise of the Counter-Constitution

by Paul Berman

Originally published January 20, 1987

ANALYSIS

Are New Laws Strong Enough to Coup-Proof the 2024 Presidential Election?

by Frank Pizzoli

April 7, 2023

ANALYSIS

Former Republican Strategist Tim Miller on Why the GOP is a Threat to America

by Frank Pizzoli

October 14, 2022

NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

The Romans Tried to Save the Republic From Men Like Trump. They Failed.

by Joy Connolly

Originally published January 17, 2017

FALL PRINT EDITION 2021

9/11: Witness to the Fall – Reporting on the Coming Dangers

by Alisa Solomon

September 8, 2021

Riffing

MUSIC

The Hypnotic Obfuscations of Ben Howard

by Ruthie Kornblatt-Stier

August 4, 2023

MUSIC

The Oxys Dig “Raw Power”

by Brett Callwood

August 8, 2023

Theater

Dancing With Dictators

by Katherine Turman

July 28, 2023

MUSIC

Maia Sharp Digs ‘Still Crazy’ (After All These Years)

by Brett Callwood

August 1, 2023

MUSIC

Bill Saxton Keeps the Spirit of Jazz Alive

by Michael Cobb

July 10, 2023

Culture in General

CULTURE

Hollywoodland: The Real Estate of Dreams

by Gideon Leek

July 7, 2023

BOOKS

The Lady Doth Protest Too Much for Traditionalists

by Felicia Londré

June 13, 2023

FILM

Critical, Darling: On Nicole Holofcener and ‘You Hurt My Feelings’

by Annie Berke

May 31, 2023

ART

An Essential Artist: Narsiso Martinez Layers Farmworkers Over Industry

by Christian Viveros-Fauné

May 16, 2023

BOOKS

Barbara Browning’s ‘The Miniaturists’ Contains Tiny Multitudes

by Rhoda Feng

March 14, 2023

Earth, Sea, and Sky

News

A Revolution Is Taking Place, One Can at a Time

by Ali Smith

March 1, 2022

War In Ukraine

War and Water: Russia is Destroying Ukraine’s Water Supply

by Oleg Rubel

August 24, 2022

Environment

Snow Job: Climate Change is Making Skiing an Uphill Climb

by Michael Schwarz

April 1, 2022

Environment

Kurt Vonnegut Revisits Earth for Earth Day

by Ali Smith

April 4, 2022

War In Ukraine

Nature On Fire in Ukraine

by Oleg Rubel

April 22, 2022

From the Archives

From The Archives

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

by Greil Marcus

Originally published July 12, 1976

VOICE LORE

First Draft of History: Covering Civil Rights in the Sixties

by Marlene Nadle

March 28, 2023

From The Archives

Mugging the White Liberal

by Jack Newfield

Originally published June 25, 1964

From The Archives

Malcolm X: The Complexity Of a Man in the Jungle

by Marlene Nadle

Originally published February 25, 1965

From The Archives

The Abortionist on the Circuit of Fear

by Marlene Nadle

Originally published August 18, 1966

War In Ukraine

Ukrainian Priests Bring God to the Frontlines

by Anna Conkling

July 17, 2023

War In Ukraine

One Year of War: In Conversation with Ukrainians Standing Fast

by Anna Conkling

February 23, 2023

War In Ukraine

Navigating a War Zone: Ukrainian Railways in Conversation

by Anna Conkling

December 7, 2022

War In Ukraine

A Man, a Band, a War: Eugene Hütz Speaks His Mind

by Michael Cobb

May 25, 2022

War In Ukraine

Ukraine’s First Responders at War

by Anna Conkling

April 27, 2023

Revolution In Iran

FILM

Jafar Panahi’s ‘No Bears’ Continues his Cinema of Defiance

by Michael Atkinson

January 6, 2023

Letter From Iran

A Freedom of Choice Revolution Is Roiling Iran

by Roshanak Darabi

November 15, 2022

THE FRONT ARCHIVES

Beautiful Butchers: The Shah Serves Up Caviar and Torture

by Alexander Cockburn, James Ridgeway & Jan Albert

Originally published November 14, 1977

Voice Relaunch e-Editions

VOICE LORE

2022: The Voice Relaunch Continues in Print and these E-Editions

by The Village Voice

September 1, 2022

VOICE LORE

2021: After Four Long Years, the Village Voice Returned to Print

by The Village Voice

August 30, 2022

Printed matter

From The Archives

4th of July Eye Candy: The Spirit of ’76 in Bicentennial Advertising

by R.C. Baker

June 29, 2023

BOOKS

What Was Once Underground: Vintage Weed Ads From The Heyday

by Shana Nys Dambrot

April 18, 2023

BOOKS

Franz Kafka, Born to Tweet?

by Gideon Leek

March 3, 2023

BOOKS

Vladimir Nabokov: Heat Seeker

by Mike Laws

May 29, 2022

CULTURE

The Newsprint Is Yellowed, But the CREEM Archive Confirms the Magazine’s Continued Relevance–and Irreverence

by R.C. Baker

September 15, 2022

Sutton's Funhouse

Voice Comix

Are You Truly Deplorable – Or Just Posing?

by Ward Sutton

October 27, 2022

Voice Comix

Ward Sutton Puts MAGA Pride Anthems on the Turntable

by Ward Sutton

June 21, 2022

Voice Comix

Sutton on Santos, a Real Stand-Up Guy

by Ward Sutton

May 10, 2023

Voice Comix

The GOP Was For Putin Before They Were Against Him

by Ward Sutton

April 19, 2022

Voice Comix

Whatever Your Persuasion, Scornhub Pushes Just the Right Buttons

by Ward Sutton

February 25, 2022

La Dolce Musto

PRIDE

Five Queers to Be Thankful For This Pride

by Michael Musto

June 16, 2023

PRIDE

Gay Activist Jacob Jeffery Brings the Love to Deep Red Oklahoma

by Michael Musto

January 17, 2023

LA DOLCE MUSTO

Fire Island A to Z

by Michael Musto

July 1, 2022

LA DOLCE MUSTO

Lying Liars Lying About Queers

by Michael Musto

June 17, 2022

LA DOLCE MUSTO

Bike Riding In NYC: Tips From One Who Knows

by Michael Musto

April 29, 2022

New York Mirror

ART

Waiting for the Nighthawks – Edward Hopper and the Denizens of New York

by R.C. Baker

February 11, 2023

NEW YORK

The Life of Sonja

by Robert Rosen

February 7, 2023

News

Developer Takes a Nosedive as Court Orders Foreclosure and Sale of Old P.S. 64 in the East Village

by Sarah Ferguson

December 30, 2022

CULTURE

Abiodun Oyewole – One of the First Last Poets – Talks About Legacy, and Hip Hop

by Michael Cobb

September 21, 2022

CULTURE

Burlesque in Crisis: Hanging On By a G-String

by Alessandra Schade

September 30, 2022

JOCKBEAT

‘Macho Camacho’ Always Went His Own Way – Now You Can Too

by Thomas Gerbasi

May 26, 2023

JOCKBEAT

The Derby Dolls are Leading a Roller Revival in L.A.

by Isai Rocha

July 31, 2023

JOCKBEAT

‘Ya Gotta Believe,’ Revisited

by Charlie Vascellaro

June 11, 2023

JOCKBEAT

The Ice May Be Synthetic, But the Dreams Are Real

by Thomas Gerbasi

April 14, 2023

JOCKBEAT

Teresa Tapia: The Queen of Albuquerque–and the Boxing Ring

by T.J. English

September 19, 2022

The Voice Firmament

VOICE OF THE AGES

Remembering Michael Feingold and the Heat-Seeking Missiles of His Theater Criticism

by The Village Voice

November 22, 2022

VOICE OF THE AGES

Flying High: Remembering Greg Tate

by The Village Voice

December 13, 2021

VOICE OF THE AGES

Clemente to Marden to Kiefer: Remembering Peter Schjeldahl

by The Village Voice

October 22, 2022

Voice Lore

VOICE LORE

Detour on the Road to the American Dream

by R.C. Baker

June 28, 2022

CULTURE

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Carman Moore Has Got It Covered

by R.C. Baker

February 3, 2022

MUSIC ARCHIVES

Beaten or Stoned? Was 1968 the Beginning of the End of the Sixties?

by R.C. Baker

December 14, 2018

New York Notes

8 Most Underrated Awesome Places to Visit in NYC

by Jenina Mallari

January 19, 2023

New York Notes

New York Makes Animal Sales In Pet Stores Illegal

by Ivy Cosca

December 19, 2022

New York Notes

Trouble at Rikers: Notorious Jail Complex’s History of Bad Administration

by Jenina Mallari

December 20, 2022

Cannabis Scene

Cannabis

Cannabis Industry Waits for New York Sales Numbers

by Jimi Devine

March 16, 2023

Cannabis

An Open Letter To The Mayor of Amsterdam

by Richard Cowan

June 27, 2022

Are High-Dose CBD Gummies More Effective Than Low-Dose CBD Gummies?

by Christina M. Ward

September 1, 2022

What Does High Potency Mean in CBD Oil?

by Christina M. Ward

October 1, 2022

What Dosage of CBD Should You Take?

by Christina M. Ward

October 1, 2022

Trivial Pursuits

Subway Shirts: NYC Women Resort to Coverups to Avoid Unwanted Attention

by Ivy Cosca

May 25, 2023

Do Psychopaths Run the World? The Sometimes Dark Personality Traits of Leaders

by Ivy Cosca

May 23, 2023

The 5 Most Spectacular Scenic Drives in New York This Spring

by Ivy Cosca

May 22, 2023

5 Places to Have Sex in NYC and Not Get in Trouble (Probably)

by Ivy Cosca

May 17, 2023

A Slice of Pie? Yes, Please! The 10 Best Pizza Places in NYC 2023

by Ivy Cosca

May 15, 2023