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Tammany Hall was well filled last night, in response to a regular call of the General Committee of the Democratic Party, "for the purpose of declaring the sentiments of the Democracy of the City ...
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The Rise of the American Mafia
In this Kings and Generals historical documentary, we explore the origins of the American Mafia—how it emerged from the chaotic streets of 19th-century New York and flourished during the Prohibition ...
The Secret Chains of New York This city is littered with lone outposts from global empires. They offer familiar corporate comforts, even for guests who aren’t in the know.
The latest shakedown makes Tammany Hall and the Daley Machine look like the League of Women Voters. At this moment of deep political division, bold ideas to preserve American democracy are more ...
He sees a vast political machine — akin to Tammany Hall, the Democratic operation that ran New York City for generations — that is feeding off taxpayers, pushing an agenda the people do not ...
The true story of Joe McCarthy, told in meticulous, irrefutable detail in Blacklisted by History, is that from 1938 to 1946, the Democratic Party acquiesced in a monstrous conspiracy being run through ...
Tammany Hall, in offering two candidates for the position of sheriff lately held by Thomas A. Farley seems more anxious than usual to get control of an office and less confident of doing so.