''Figaro'' was an American weekly magazine published from 1883 to 1884 in
, with a focus on theater and politics.
C. Vann Woodward
Comer Vann Woodward (November 13, 1908 – December 17, 1999) was an American historian who focused primarily on the American South and race relations. He was long a supporter of the approach of Charles A. Beard, stressing the influence of un ...
notes that the magazine was "hostile to the unions".
There have been two later iterations of a magazine of that name in New Orleans. From 1972 to 1981, there was an alternative magazine under that name published by the Mercury Press, which covered entertainment, politics, and did investigative journalism. It was compared to the later ''
Gambit Weekly
''Gambit'' (formerly ''Gambit Weekly'') is a New Orleans, Louisiana-based free alternative weekly newspaper established in 1981.
''Gambit'' features reporting about local politics, news, food and drink, arts, music, film, events, environmental ...
''. That magazine was slated to return as a quarterly in 1988.
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