As the United States went through a dry spell during Prohibition, a man with a signature look kept the liquor flowing for the nation’s lawmakers on Capitol Hill. George Cassiday, known as “the Man in ...

The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes,” is ratified by the requisite number of states on 1919 ...

Liquor, women and jazz -- that combination set the country on a tilt in 1920. In 1920 women were given the right to vote. A new form of music called jazz was sweeping through the country, capturing ...

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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author and Economist Jason Taylor talked about Franklin D. Roosevelt's idea to legalize beer as part of the New Deal. This lesson examines how ...

I must admit to being mystified by your Dec. 4 editorial in which you state that “prohibition didn’t work” [“Many questions need answers on pot legalization,” Maryland Independent]. In what context, ...

Excerpts from The News Journal archives include Prohibition pros and cons in 1926, Wilmington school desegregation in 1976, ...