The United States came out of violence,” the historian Maya Jasanoff reminds us in our series “The American Revolution” ...

The Gangs of New York ending wraps up a complex and heavy Martin Scorsese film. The 2002 drama stars Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role of Amsterdam Vallon, alongside Daniel Day-Lewis as the dastardly ...

"I feel like we’re back in the world of 'Gangs of New York,' a film about violent clashes between immigrant ethnic groups fighting for control of New York and, metaphorically, America." Francis Ford ...

This Queens park has gone from the mob to the mulch. Crocheron and John Golden Park was once a seedy hotspot for gangsters and escaped inmates who used to hang out at a long-closed bar at the site, ...

When we think about the mafia in Buffalo, we tend to think about Bills Mafia. But long before the Bills Mafia made it onto ...

List of Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- List of Characters -- Prologue. Naked City -- Ch. 1. Reel Gangsters -- Mobsters and the Movies -- Ch. 2. Real Gangsters: Abe Reles & the Origins of ...

The author, 97, raised money for the food pantry at his old church by reading from “Legs,” the gangster novel he began his ...

Trail Blazers coach and basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty, on Monday, to charges tied to his ...