Sometimes it is beneficial to go straight to databases focusing on the subject you're researching. To see a full list of databases for current and historic news - check out our Databases A-Z: News + Newspapers list. These databases are some of your best bets:
Searchable archives of digitized newspapers including the Village Voice.
Open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of many libraries.
American Prison Newspapers brings together hundreds of newspapers published within prisons by incarcerated people over the past 200 years. When complete, the collection will contain newspapers from prisons in every state, representing penal institutions of all kinds, including women-only institutions.