When the 18th Amendment outlawed alcohol in 1920, it set the stage for an underground empire unlike anything America had seen before. Prohibition-era gangsters stepped into the void, building fortunes ...

In the late 1800s, alcohol was widely associated with poverty, crime, and broken families. Reformers believed that banning alcohol could save society. In 1909, the Anti-Saloon League moved its ...

A black-and-white split image: Left—five men in suits and hats pose by a sign saying “Hotel Happy”; Right—an older man in sunglasses and suit walks, surrounded by men and photographers. Before ...

Someone in the newsroom has asked what was the impact of Prohibition in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast. The answer: not much. Here’s more from a 2002 column and a 2005 feature: Prohibition, ...