Illegal alcohol created a fortune for anyone ruthless enough to seize it. In early 1920s Chicago, one rising gangster used ...

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, ...

The cause was championed by the temperance movement, which encouraged and advocated for abstinence from alcohol. Much of the reasoning was based on ideas of Christian ethics, and many Christian ...

Empowered by the 18th Amendment, the federal government intervened in the lives of millions of Americans. Those who pushed for Prohibition believed it would better the health of individuals and it ...

Making, selling, and drinking alcohol were prohibited in Vermont starting in 1853 as part of the so-called “Liquor Law,” a ...

During America’s Prohibition era and beyond, Alabamians needed places to imbibe out of sight of law enforcement officers. In many cases, drinkers were literally driven underground as caves became ...

This piece is part of a series of essays on alcohol history. You can read more here. The grand irony of Prohibition in the U.S. is that although it did indeed succeed in curtailing drinking among many ...

There was a 13-year window in the United States around the turn of the 20th century during which alcohol was made illegal. That time period, known as prohibition, lasted from 1920 to 1933. The era, of ...