A History of gangs in the USA Although it is not fair and certainly not warranted to connect any ethnic group with organized crime, it is a fact that the massive immigration of the early 1900's fueled the creation of the early gangs, particularly in New York City. As more and more immigr...

Born in Russian Poland in 1882, Rose Schneiderman has come to be known as the woman who taught Eleanor Roosevelt everything she knew about trade unionism (Rose pp). Noted for her activism in women's labor rights, Schneiderman played a key role in helping to change the labor laws in the Un...

\"As Americans, we pride ourselves on being the strongest, the biggest, the fastest, the best, and in a simple word - the skyscraper\" (Art Deco I-II, 21-11-02) Society almost always chooses to represent social changes in the art of the time. Usually, this art comes before the change has chosen to ...