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SEVEN DECADES

Stars & Hype Forever: In 1985, Ronald Reagan’s Reelection Represented the “Triumph of the Irrational”

“Perhaps because he himself is so utterly a product of American mass culture, mass culture has proved unusually responsive to Ronald Reagan.”

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33 Reasons We Can’t Help Loving Summer in the City

Whatever the entry point, our most successful summer flings (all of our summer flings) have begun with actually meeting someone and exchanging words with them.

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Still Looking for Answers on the 30th Anniversary of the TWA Flight 800 Explosion

In 1998, the Voice reported on discrepancies between eyewitness testimony and official reports concerning the 1996 disaster.

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1976 Village Voice article by Greil Marcus about the American bicentennial

SEVEN DECADES

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

In 1976, the culture critic asked, “What is it that Americans share?”

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New Yorkers Hold Orlando Vigil at Stonewall Inn in 2016: ‘It’s Time to Fight the Hate With Love’

“We all identify as gay, and we go to these clubs and bars — it could’ve happened here.”

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A Monument to a Corrupt POTUS – 1977 Version

Three years after Richard M. Nixon resigned, the Voice ran a contest to determine an appropriate memorial for the disgraced Commander in Chief.

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SEVEN DECADES

The ‘Bad Boy Curse’

In 2001 we reported on how unhealthy it could be to hang out with the rap mogul, Sean "Puffy" Combs.

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New York’s 1970 ‘Hard Hat Riot’ Was a Precursor of Today’s MAGA Demagoguery

With a PBS special on the Wall Street battle coming up, we revisit a “first draft of history” piece about cultural fractures that still divide us today.

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Hackers Before There Were ‘Hackers’: Phone Phreaks in Midtown

In 1973, the Voice attended a convention of phone phreaks — the OG hackers who bedeviled Ma Bell before the telephone monopoly was broken up, in 1984.

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SEVEN DECADES

Northern Exposures

Reporting on the 1992 Presidential Sweepstakes: Admit Nothing, Blame Everybody, Be Bitter

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