A photograph authentically depicts a group of women protesting alcohol in front of a sign that reads "Lips that touch liquor shall not touch ours." A vintage photograph some internet users purport ...

George Cassiday sold liquor to politicians between 1920 and 1930 during Prohibition. In 1930, he wrote a series of Washington ...

During Prohibition, deaths from alcohol-related cirrhosis declined ... Prohibition protesters parade in a car emblazoned with signs and flags calling for the repeal of the 18th Amendment.

During Prohibition, the U.S. government added toxins to industrial alcohol, knowing it could kill. The result? A chemical war that targeted the poor and reshaped public trust. Two young men share ...

The alcohol comparison is instructive in another way. Even during Prohibition, which banned the production and distribution of “intoxicating liquors,” drinking was not a crime. The situation ...

On Jan. 16, 1920, the feds outlawed alcohol, completely. As Prohibition Agents stormed cities dumping booze, illegal practices and criminal activity ran rampant. On Dec. 5, 1933, President ...

But the link between alcohol and the health of infants wasn’t as well known in the 1930s, when prohibition was repealed in the U.S. and all sorts of people, pregnant women included, began ...

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 ...

The Prohibition era (1920-1933) was a bold attempt to eliminate alcohol from American life, aiming to curb its negative societal effects. Instead, it unleashed unintended consequences that still ...