Because of the lawlessness that Prohibition inspired, as well as the prospect of jobs that legal alcohol production could ...

Tomorrow (December 5) is Repeal Day (#RepealDay) and marks the 87th anniversary of the day in 1933 that the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution was passed to repeal the 18th Amendment, and ...

Old Forester is marking Repeal Day with a new bourbon that nods to the whiskey it once sold “for medicinal use only” during ...

The 18th Amendment was the amendment frequently referred to as the “Prohibition Amendment.” It was ratified by the states on Jan. 16, 1919. Amendment XVIII: “Section 1. After one year from the ...

On Jan. 17, 1920, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect, ushering in a 13-year period known as Prohibition.Prohibition banned the manufacturing, transportation and sale of ...

NEW YORK — In this era of bottomless mimosas, craft beers and ever-present happy hours, it’s striking to recall that 100 years ago the United States imposed a nationwide ban on the production and sale ...

So often we hear about the Gatsbys of the 1920s — the people who were rich and famous. But what about the average person at that time? In Manitowoc in the 1920s, the average person was laid back and ...

Paul G. Summers is a lawyer. He is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to ...