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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 12:01 a.m., Jan. 17, 1920, America was cut off. Saloons closed their doors. Taps stopped flowing. People stockpiled their ...

The Los Angeles City Council recently banned the opening of new fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles. Mark Thornton, author of The Economics of Prohibition , talks about the effects of ...

Welcome to JJ Foley's Cafe, *** Boston bar and institution that survived prohibition. Thanks to Jeremiah Foley's hard working and creative grandfather. Was he selling more than cheese? Yes. January ...