Muckraking journalist Walter Liggett dubbed Pittsburgh the "Metropolis of Corruption" in 1930 when he reported the city had more vice per square foot than New York, Detroit, Cleveland or Boston. Decad
Pittsburgh is a hardworking city. And hard workers sometimes enjoy the occasional spirit. So, when Prohibition hit the Steel City, it created a level of violence and corruption residents had never wit
Father James R. Cox was the voice of Pittsburgh’s poor and jobless during the worst years of the Great Depression. Long lines of needy people showed up daily at St. Patrick’s Church in the city’s hist
