The Hunting Of Billie Holiday: How Lady Day Found Herself In The Middle Of The Federal Bureau Of Narcotics’ Early Fight For Survival

Source: Johann Hari / Politico From his first day in office in 1930, Harry Anslinger had a problem, and everybody knew it. He had just been appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics—a tiny agency, buried in the gray bowels of the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C.—and it seemed to be on the brink […]