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NEWS ABOUT: Prohibition

Prohibition stories: 4 news summaries

 Gossip Girl Puts Another 
 Nail in Speakeasy's Coffin 

A good cocktail is timeless; this trend is not

Nov 8, 09 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Not even a month after one mag wished for the speakeasy trend to die, Gossip Girl (yes, a show about high school and college kids, but that’s another topic) is pounding another nail in the cocktail conceit, Derek Brown writes. With one of the show’s characters opening a... More »

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entertainment • Prohibition • bars • cocktails • Gossip Girl • The CW • Jay-ZTV • speakeasy • Chuck Bass

(Newser) - The longest serving bartender in the world—that Guinness-certified honor came 10 years ago—and slinger of one of the first beers after Prohibition ended is hanging up his cocktail shaker, the AP reports. Ninety-five-year-old Angelo Cammarata, owner of the beloved Cammarata’s Café in Pittsburgh, is selling after more... More »

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alcohol • Pennsylvania • Prohibition • Pittsburgh • cafes • Guinness World Record • bartender • Angelo Cammarata

 Speakeasies Make 
 Secret Comeback 

But they're not very similar to true Prohibition-era bars

Jun 3, 09 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Across the US, trendy bars are cropping up—but good luck finding them. These homages to the 1920s speakeasy are obscured by wooden slats, hidden behind other stores, accessible only by password. “People have an affection for this period of American history, and they want the mystery,” one... More »

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alcohol • Prohibition • trend • Jay-ZTV • bar • speakeasy

OPINION

 Prohibition Shadows
 War on Drugs 

Time to end the drug war

Dec 5, 08 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Today marks the 75th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, a convenient time to think back on another failed effort to prevent Americans from indulging in mood-altering substances. "A failed drug prohibition can cause greater harm than the drug it was intended to banish," Ethan Nadelmann of the... More »

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War on Drugs • drugs • marijuana legalization • Prohibition • 21st Amendment

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