Tag: Mafia
Jimmy Hoffa disappeared – and then his legacy took on a...
David Scott Witwer, Pennsylvania State University
On July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa, the former president of the Teamsters Union, disappeared.
He’d gone to a restaurant in...
How the mafia uses violence to control politics
Gianmarco Daniele, Bocconi University
Italy is not the only country with an organized crime problem. But movies and TV shows like “Scarface,” “The Godfather” and...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
