Eighty-nine years ago this week, another of our long national nightmares was over. For 13 luckless years, the United States of America went piously, officially “dry,” banning by constitutional ...

Declining Anglo-Saxon birth rates made eugenicists obsessed with creating strong, healthy white babies. And temperance ...

As February looms, it’s worth considering whether New Year’s resolutions extend beyond self-improvement. A resolution such as “Dry January,” attempting to quit drinking for a month (or more), while ...

THE TEMPERANCE movement in the United States began in earnest in 1826 with the founding of the American Temperance Society. Its goal was to diminish the harm caused by the overconsumption of alcohol ...

As younger adults opt for “wellness” products, many are practicing alcohol abstinence. Sometimes referred to as “sober curious,” this trend of often forgoing alcohol has forged public conversations on ...

Adna Hecox, who preached the first Protestant sermon in California, was living in Soquel when he established the state’s first Temperance Society in 1847. It was a self-help order where one “took the ...

(The Conversation) — A historian highlights the role of Frances Willard, who helped found the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, one of the major social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. (The ...