Was prohibition really the policy failure it is made out to be? The obvious answer is yes — of course, it was a failure. Prohibition bred corruption, organized crime, gangland violence and a general ...

Wednesday marks the anniversary of the day that Prohibition was officially repealed. On Dec. 5, 1933, Utah became the 36th state to ratify the amendment and end a ban on the "manufacture, sale, or ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a progressive effort to enforce social reform via expanded federal power and popularly known as Prohibition, was ratified on this day in history, Jan. 16, ...

Welcome to JJ Foley's Cafe, *** Boston bar and institution that survived prohibition. Thanks to Jeremiah Foley's hard working and creative grandfather. Was he selling more than cheese? Yes. January ...

THE fight for prohibition is over. It is far from my purpose to awaken the old and bitter controversy. Rather, it is because prohibition is now our adopted and definitive policy, that it seems worth ...

Last week was made public a voluminous six-section report. Its subject was Prohibition. It was prepared by the Research and Education Department of the Federal Council of Churches. The report did not ...

During Prohibition, enforcing the nation’s liquor ban was a game of cat and mouse. Smugglers, speakeasies, and bootleggers found creative ways to dodge the law, while federal agents scrambled to keep ...

Until July 1 Major Maurice Campbell was Prohibition Administrator of the Southern and Eastern New York Districts. When his Bureau went over to the Department of Justice (TIME, July 7), he resigned ...

The Budweiser Clydesdales marched (trotted?) down the streets of Margate on Aug. 15, but do you know why they're so famous? Well, the story dates back to 1933, according to the Anheuser-Busch website.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Your New Year’s celebrations might look a lot different if it weren’t for the 21st Amendment. This December marks 90 years since the constitutional amendment was ratified, ...