Funk, jazz, rap, painting, literature, sci-fi, race, film, history—the extraordinary writer could explicate and elevate any subject under the sun

Twenty years ago the Voice and New York City lost J.A. Lobbia, a reporter who feared only that she wasn’t doing enough

“When you strip down the revolutionary rhetoric coming from Congress, it isn’t hard to see what a dangerous game the GOP is playing.”

Every week LD would crank out a full-page compendium of whatever was happening

“Dear reader, we begin a collaboration, which may go on for three weeks, three months, or, Lord forbid, for three-and-thirty years. I have only one prayer — that I weary of you before you tire of me”

The design virtuoso, who died last week at age 91, brought the Voice's editorial look up to speed

A true journalist, Ward had no favorites — he would call B.S. on anyone and everyone (including himself)

Fred McDarrah’s photographs defined downtown New York.

With freedom of the press under attack, we look back at a fearless reporter who fought the good fight until his life was cut short

The longtime Village Voice photographer caught the heart and soul of New York City