The Prohibition era is still just getting started, but criminal enterprises have already sprung up everywhere to supply thirsty American's with their drink. In the "summer of sin" of 1922, one man in particular is making waves in the Chicago underworld.

In the winter of 1923, a controversial activist takes a Catholic doctor to trial for libel. The proceedings capture a much bigger moment in the history of the interwar period: the controversial - but inherent - link between birth control and eugenics.