news 2021

5 min read 2021-12-30 20:47:41

Rikers Island in the Crosshairs of Reform

In What to Do About Closing Rikers, a recent Vital City report, co-authors Elizabeth Glazer and Michael Jacobson call Rikers Island a “humanitarian

19 min read 2021-12-14 05:01:19

I only knew Greg Tate to nod hello to in the hallways of the Voice offices, back in the late 1980s and early ’90s. I wasn’t writing for the paper

21 min read 2021-12-14 05:01:19

I only knew Greg Tate to nod hello to in the hallways of the Voice offices, back in the late 1980s and early ’90s. I wasn’t writing for the paper

3 min read 2021-12-11 07:42:31

In the latest episode of the Rockstar Experience, Dan Reynolds, frontman of American rock group Imagine Dragons, explores the band’s charity work

6 min read 2021-12-08 03:13:45

In March 1977, Michael Barbosa Medeiros, a freelance houseplant doctor, was at a party chatting with John Green, a professional tarot-card reader,

2 min read 2021-12-04 02:03:04

The leadership of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus is calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow access to medical cannabis for VA

11 min read 2021-12-02 07:28:55

New York City’s changing seasons have brought the usual confusion over how to dress for the fickle weather, but something else is in the air. For

5 min read 2021-11-29 23:39:39

Nationwide there have been 48 violent transgender deaths reported so far in 2021; that number surpasses the record high of 43 in 2020. The death toll

14 min read 2021-11-26 00:59:01

Back in the fall of 2001, the city was still reeling from the 9/11 attacks when workers at the Village Voice heard that one of our own was engaged in

1 min read 2021-11-23 06:13:00

Growing up in New York City, the times my failing nuclear family of three got along best were when we went out to eat. By age 10, I could order at

1 min read 2021-11-20 00:04:08

This week’s episode of the Rockstar Experience features none other than Dave Bayley, the exhilarating lead singer and producer of the Glass

1 min read 2021-11-06 09:17:44

In her first-ever live audience interview, Luisa Rubino sits down with host Brian Calle for an exclusive interview on the L.A. Weekly Weekly

1 min read 2021-11-05 07:17:46

If there’s one thing you need to know about co-creator and CEO of Exploding Kittens Elan Lee, it’s that the man loves him a good

5 min read 2021-05-01 02:41:01

March 31, 2021, was a historic day for New Yorkers, when Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation to legalize adult-use cannabis. Cuomo sweetened the

2 min read 2021-04-29 21:35:33

On June 22, the next mayor of New York City will be crowned. Yes, this is a Democratic primary and there will, technically, be a general election,