gangsters

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Guest: Jonathan M. Katz, journalist and the author of Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire and author of theracket.news newsletter.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2026

But hustle’s earliest origins — which he documented in his 2016 memoir, “The Dancing Gangsters of the South Bronx” — are a little less dire.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2023

After gaining a fearsome live reputation at home, the band rose to national prominence after Radio 1's John Peel played their debut single, Gangsters, on his show.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2022

Gangsters of his day typically came from impoverished backgrounds, but Mr. Persico’s upbringing was solidly middle class.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2019

I remember hearing Gangsters for the first time in 1979 when I was in an amusement arcade on my school holidays.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2019