The United States marked its 250th anniversary this year. Since its independence in 1776, the U.S. territory has expanded ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The last time I was in The Cave I began wondering, given how prevalent Prohibition-era speakeasies appear to have been, what ...

While many Americans are in the midst of "dry January," Jan. 17 once marked the start of a dry 13 years-- for all Americans -- a century ago. The 18th Amendment went into effect on Jan. 17, 1920, and ...

Daniel Okrent, author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, has worn many hats in his career: veteran magazine editor, author, New York Times public editor, and founder of Rotisserie League ...

“Now you find law-abiding citizens, who have drunk nothing alcoholic in years, making wines and beer in their homes. Many men who had quit drinking, or were moderate consumers of whiskey and brandy ...

Monday marks 100 years since the House and Senate overrode a presidential veto of the Volstead Act, thus making law enforcement of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. Prohibition banned the ...

The standard, schoolbook history of alcohol prohibition in the United States goes like this: Americans in 1920 embarked on a noble experiment to force everyone to give up drinking. Alas, despite its ...

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 ...

Burns, Novick and PBS Partner with the National Constitution Center for Multi-City Public Engagement Initiative on “Civility and Democracy” Series features music by Wynton Marsalis and the voice ...