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      Bill Barr: The “Cover-Up General”
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      Gay Activist Jacob Jeffery Brings the Love to Deep Red Oklahoma
      By Michael Musto
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      Mississippi: A March Resurrects a Movement
      By Jack Newfield
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      A Slice of New York in Ukraine 
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      The Coming of King: A Charismatic Moment
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      Developer Takes a Nosedive as Court Orders Foreclosure and Sale of Old P.S. 64 in the East Village
      By Sarah Ferguson
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      Reach Out to MusiCares
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      A Slice of New York in Ukraine 
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      Review: ‘The Seven Faces of Jane’ Imagines Roads That Might Be Taken 
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  • Transit
    Why We Hate the Subways
    “Traveling on the New York subway system is now one of the more frightful experiences Western civilization has to offer on a regular basis. The experience is not only intolerable. It is also a daily advertisement for the brutish sensibilities and shallow brainpans of the people who now control the city.”
    by Alexander Cockburn
    Originally published March 14, 1977
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    A Ride on the New York Subway
    “There are times when the subway, like the city itself, seems so grotesque that, indeed, one wonders how this entire enterprise can continue to call itself human. Much less continue.”
    by Vivian Gornick
    Originally published December 21, 1972
  • From The Archives
    Think We Hate the Subways Now? At Least in 1977 It Only Cost 50 Cents
    Plus ça Change Department: Forty-four years ago, Alexander Cockburn reported that riding the New York City subways was worse than hiding in the tunnels during the London Blitz
    by The Voice Archives
    August 16, 2018
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    Monday Morning’s Subway Mess Was Caused by an MTA Typo
    Construction shouldn’t have caused the D/N/R lines to melt down during rush hour, but it did
    by Aaron Gordon
    July 30, 2018
  • Transit
    We Can’t Tell If the Subway Action Plan Worked, Which Was the MTA’s Whole Idea
    For all Joe Lhota’s plan offered in dollar figures, it lacked any hard, fact-checkable promises
    by Aaron Gordon
    July 24, 2018
  • Transit
    Maybe We Didn’t Need the Second Avenue Subway After All
    The latest ridership numbers show that the MTA spent more than $300,000 for each new daily straphanger attracted by Cuomo’s much-heralded Upper East Side line
    by Aaron Gordon
    July 18, 2018
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    The City’s Shuttle Bus Plan for the L Train Shutdown Is a Recipe for Gridlock
    Bus-only lanes are the best way to ensure commuters to get to work on time — but the city says it won’t use them
    by Aaron Gordon
    July 11, 2018
  • Transit
    Yes, Those Are Zipcar and Enterprise Logos on Parking Signs
    The creeping corporatization of public space continues, this time via a DOT car-share parking program
    by Paul Lukas
    July 3, 2018
  • Transit
    An Elegy for the Sublimely Crappy Chambers Street Subway Station
    The soon-to-be made-over stop may be decrepit, but at least it’s honest about the state of the city
    by Aaron Gordon
    June 28, 2018
  • Transit
    Cuomo’s LaGuardia AirTrain Looks Like a $1.5 Billion Boondoggle
    The governor is promising half-hour rides from midtown, but most air travelers will still be better off taking the bus
    by Aaron Gordon
    June 26, 2018

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