Writers of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution took a little more than one hundred words to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. MinnPost’s journalists ...

February 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the Capper-Volstead Act. This is one of the most important agricultural laws ever passed for farmers. Capper-Volstead gave agricultural producers the right ...

Almost 94 years ago, on Oct. 28, 1919, the Volstead Act was voted into law, setting the guidelines that soon after enforced the ban of alcoholic beverages in the U.S. By Jan. 17, 1920, the 18th ...

In its era, they called it the "Volstead Act," so named because of the amendment's major proponent, Andrew Volstead. In reality, it would become the 18th Amendment to the United States ...

February marks the 100th anniversary of the Capper-Volstead Act. This is one of the most important agricultural laws ever passed for farmers. Capper-Volstead gave agricultural producers the right to ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been disruptive for the U.S. agricultural system with broad and varying impacts on farmers. The disrupted agriculture supply chains caused many farmers to work ...

Back in January of 1919, the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. What many may not know is that is was authored by U.S. Sen. Morris Sheppard of Texarkana. The amendment banned ...