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History Bites

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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NYC SITES

Pay Phones Ring in a Row: A Warning from a Cyberpunk Pioneer

A tableau in today’s Penn Station harks back to the sci-fi classic “Neuromancer.”

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History Bites

The Republicans are Raining on America’s Most Patriotic Celebration – Again

The GOP has given us an unelected POTUS and then a convicted felon to oversee our biggest birthdays, so maybe this 4th of July, party with some local culture. 

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THE FRONT

Plan 250 from Outer Space: Trump’s ‘Look at the Shiny Object’ Strategy

The White House is using alien slop to distract from war, pedophilia, and inhuman policies.

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SEVEN DECADES

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

A Government Show Trial in 1971 Echoes Trumped-Up Charges Now

The Black Panthers were accused of planning heinous crimes, but the prosecution’s case was way too imaginative for a jury of street-level New Yorkers.

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History Bites

IBOGAINE! It’s Back! Just in Time for Doomsday! 

Drugs and politics have long been odd bedfellows, none more than teetotaler Donald Trump unleashing ibogaine to help vets suffering from PTSD.

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SEVEN DECADES

When the Pentagon Screened ‘The Battle of Algiers’

In 2003, the U.S. was mired in the Iraq War and the Voice revisited a film that has long been a cautionary tale for empires everywhere.

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History Bites

250 Years = 250 Feet: Trump’s Desire for a Bigly Arch Echoes Megalomaniacs of the Past

Autocrats crave massive ceremonial structures to cement their legacies.

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NEW YORK

New Yorkers vs. the Wannabe King – Round Three

For the third time in 10 months, NYC turned out to protest a native son gone bad — very bad.

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