Scott Fitzgerald, you might get the impression that everyone during the 1920s flouted Prohibition and got away with it. But while it’s true that a small portion of white, middle- and upper-class urbanites lived that way, the Roaring Twenties was also the decade in which the newly revived...
p. 2) also critically depends on the participation of such actors. Concrete policy measures include an obligation for private landlords and certain National Health Service (NHS) staff to check the immigration status of their tenants and patients, a prohibition on banks opening ...
Madagascar is home to colourful chameleons, fierce fossas and over 100 species of lemur. But With much of the Indian Ocean island’s wildlife facing extinction, its indigenous communities and eco lodges are focused on conserving their precious habitats.
Unlike previous presidents, Roosevelt vigorously enforced the Sherman Antitrust Act to break up industrial behemoths. The “trust buster” was also the first president to threaten to use the army on behalf of labor in a 1902 coal miners’ strike. Roosevelt easily won re-election in 1904 campaig...
For example, in Germany, the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) initiated proceedings against Meta, which resulted in the prohibition of processing data as provided for in Facebook’s ToS and the imposition of measures to stop Meta from doing so. The FCO found abuse of the company’s ...
The movement for prohibition began with concerns in the early 19th century about the negative effects of drinking. The National Prohibition Act was ineffective and failed to control the distribution and use of alcohol, and led to an increase in organized crime. Still, it remained in effect until...
The movement for prohibition began with concerns in the early 19th century about the negative effects of drinking. The National Prohibition Act was ineffective and failed to control the distribution and use of alcohol, and led to an increase in organized crime. Still, it remained in effect until...
Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded. —Abraham Lincoln ...
Section 3 was primarily used in the time between its ratification and the enactment of theAmnesty Actin 1872, when Congress removed the prohibition for most Confederate officials and their sympathizers, according to theNational Archives and Records Administration. ...
Prohibitions on racial discrimination in New York City housing have been extended to include wearing ethnic hairstyles, such as dreadlocks, as well as other attributes.9 In 2023, during National Fair Housing Month, Rep. Adam Schiff, Sen. Tim Kaine, and Rep. Scott Peters reintroduced the Fair...