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What ‘The Village Voice’ Taught Us About Speaking Truth to Power What ‘The Village Voice’ Taught Us About Speaking Truth to Power

As the venerable weekly newspaper ceases print publication, let us hope that its brilliantly belligerent journalistic legacy lives on.

Aug 23, 2017 / John Nichols

These New Yorkers Are Covering Advertisements with Art

These New Yorkers Are Covering Advertisements with Art These New Yorkers Are Covering Advertisements with Art

For the collective Art in Ad Places, advertising poisons the potential splendor of public space.

Apr 18, 2017 / Photo Essay / Carlos Ballesteros

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Letters From the November 21, 2016, Issue Letters From the November 21, 2016, Issue

State of denial… Platform fetishism?…  Breath of fresh air…  Drive the vote…

Nov 3, 2016 / Letters / Our Readers and Nathan Schneider

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Private Prison Companies Are Embracing Alternatives to Incarceration Private Prison Companies Are Embracing Alternatives to Incarceration

They’ve hijacked the language of reform—but for them, it’s still business as usual.

Aug 23, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Sports Marketing

Sports Marketing Sports Marketing

For Fightball players, the game is a mix of endurance and skill. For the audience, there’s a mix of spectacle, glamour, and drama.

Mar 15, 2016 / Photo Essay / Naima Green

Hardest-Hitting Anti-Koch Ad Ever

Hardest-Hitting Anti-Koch Ad Ever Hardest-Hitting Anti-Koch Ad Ever

Could ads like this stop the Kochs from buying the Senate?

Sep 25, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan

Free to Choose?

Free to Choose? Free to Choose?

How Americans have become tyrannized by the culture’s overinvestment in choice.

Jun 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Sophia Rosenfeld

My So-Called Independents My So-Called Independents

Will TV's new world of branding and product integration destroy small independent productions?

May 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Heather Hendershot

Advertisements for Myself Advertisements for Myself

Solo theatrical performances are like ads. Everyone claims to hate them but nevertheless finds the good ones irresistible. A good ad acts like a tonic, making a new idea easy to sw...

Mar 4, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Kalb

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