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

December 5, 2023, marks the 90th anniversary of the repeal of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution. This amendment, which went into effect on January 17, 1920, prohibited the ...

America’s experiments with prohibition have proven to be catastrophic failures that make a mockery of the law, skew police priorities and enrich the black market. On this day, 104 years ago, the ...

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WRBL) — During the Prohibition Era, liquor sales became illegal across the country, but many so-called bootleggers circumvented the law. The case was no different in Girard, Ala., ...

The Anti-Saloon League held its annual convention at Washington, celebrated the fourth anniversary of the 18th Amendment and its own 30th jubilee. The more prominent speakers, with brief excerpts from ...

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Columbus North AP US history and world history teacher Chad Russell talks about building a speakeasy in the basement of Columbus North High School for his lesson on the ...

It’s the 1920s and you’re walking down Grand Avenue in South San Francisco. Alcohol is banned nationwide, but anyone could be making it in secrecy, any store could be selling it behind closed doors ...