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This 1787 print satirizes the Queen of England, the Prince of Wales, and King George III gorging themselves at the British Treasury, filling their craws with gold at the expense of everyday citizens. George III had lost the American colonies a few years earlier and was showing growing signs of madness, which would see him descend into dementia for the last 10 years of his reign — proving it’s never too early to get rid of royal wannabes.

No Kings: Show Up for Truth, Justice, and the American Way

A Sex and $$ Scandal During the Age of Reagan

THE WAR IS OVER? — but the memories linger on. Top, from left: Dr. Benjamin Spock, at the Whitehall Street Induction Center; Dorothy Day and A. J. Muste at a rally; the 1967 march on the Pentagon. Below: A draft card burning; the hippies go to the capital; a candlelight vigil in Washington Square; the Vietnam Veterans Against the War return their medals. Bottom: Chicago in 1968; the Washington Moratorium in 1969.

In 1973, the Forever War in Vietnam Came to an Inconclusive Close

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Afrika Bambaataa Gave Voice to Music ‘Never Heard Before’

by Steven Hager

Straphangers: Director Joseph Sargent (center, with glasses) and cinematographer Owen Roizman prepare a close-up of a commuter having a very bad day in “The Taking of Pelham 123.”

‘Cinematic Immunity’ Covers the Artistry – and Insane Derring-Do – of Location Shooting in NYC

In an age where everyone and everything is famous — not for Warhol’s proverbial 15 minutes but for more like 15 nanoseconds — New Yorkers have had weeks to enjoy a true star.

Take a Spring Break With a Timberdoodle or Two

Straphangers: Director Joseph Sargent (center, with glasses) and cinematographer Owen Roizman prepare a close-up of a commuter having a very bad day in “The Taking of Pelham 123.”

‘Cinematic Immunity’ Covers the Artistry – and Insane Derring-Do – of Location Shooting in NYC

A hand-painted denim jacket by Jonathan Shaw, ca. 1980s.

Legendary Tattoo Artist Jonathan Shaw Brings 40 Years of Counterculture to Auction

by Michele Stueven

Julia Kent melds the technological and organic.

Julia Kent’s Looping Cello Soundscapes Will Envelop the Met’s ‘Ecologies of Painting’

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The Best (and Worst) New Yorkers of 2016

by Max Rivlin-Nadler

December 30, 2016

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There Is No Escape, But Nature Helps

November 11, 2016

Harness Your Anguish Into Action

by Lauren Evans

November 10, 2016

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I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On: Toward an Existential Cure for the Electoral Hangover

November 10, 2016

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Now That Trump Has Donors, He’s Gouging Them on Rent in His Own Building

by Jon Campbell

August 23, 2016

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January 30, 2015

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Cuomo Will Stump for Obama, but Remember, He’s Not Running for President in 2016

October 19, 2012

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