witwer & riosApr 14, 20201 min readMin Matheson leads the fight for women workers“I’m not going to stop organizing, because if I stop the gangsters are going to take them over. They’ve already taken over enough.” Min...
witwer & riosApr 14, 20201 min readAbe Chait: The pivotal power of the trucking firmsDescribed as a “big hulking six-footer,” Chait was the dominant organized crime figure in New York’s Garment District in the post-World...
witwer & riosApr 14, 20201 min readJohnny Dio and the face of the mobEven as a teenager in the 1930s, John Dioguardi, better known as Johnny Dio, had a reputation as a frightening figure, capable of...