Apr 7th, 2008 · On April 7, 1933, as Prohibition was winding down, legal commercial beer production resumed in the United States. A looser definition of what constituted an intoxicating beverage allowed Americans to legally enjoy beer until Prohibition's repeal nine months later. Historian William Rorabaugh, author of Alcoholic Republic, discusses the day's events.
Mar 19th, 2008 · Seventy-five years after Congress repealed Prohibition, booze-related debates are flaring up across the country. In Alabama, it's illegal to drink beer with more than 6 percent alcohol. That means some of the most coveted brews in the world are off-limits.
Dec 30th, 2007 · What does Cole Porter's song, You're the Top have to do with Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the end of Prohibition? Producer Ben Manilla discovers the answer in the final installment of our series, From the National Registry.
Dec 6th, 2007 · The first liquor auction since Prohibition is taking place at Christie's auction house in New York this weekend. Some bottles of rare whiskey are expected to go for tens of thousand of dollars. Ted "Dr. Cocktail" Haigh talks about what makes these bottles of liquor so special.
Mar 7th, 2007 · Winemaker Ernest Gallo, who built one of the largest wine companies in the world, is dead at 97. With brother Julio, he used the end of Prohibition in the 1930s to sell inexpensive California wine to a growing market. The Gallo company shipped 70 million cases of wine in 2006.
Dec 30th, 2005 · Officials in North Korea have announced that they are now prohibiting the foreign help sought during a famine in the 1990s. The U.N. World Food Program is shutting down factories and closing down offices. Susan Stamberg talks to United Nations' Anthony Banbury.
Dec 20th, 2005 · A state judge imposes a $1 million a day fine against the Transport Workers Union for defying a state law that prohibits strikes by public employees. Millions of commuters are struggling to get around New York City after subway and bus workers walked off the job early Tuesday morning.
Dec 2nd, 2005 · The Transportation Security Administration announces changes to the way airline passengers are searched, including more random searches. Also, it updates the list of prohibited items aboard planes, allowing more sharp objects, such as small scissors and screwdrivers. The changes are effective Dec. 22.