For those who don't know, the latest issue of Informer Journal is out. Lennert Van Ri'et, David Critchley and Steve Turner put out the most informative and detailed article on infamous Mob boss Albert Anastasia ever written; Ed Valin traces the history of the term "Cosa Nostra" for the Mafia; Tom Hunt examines the connections of Calabrian mobsters in early 20th century America; and I review Gary Krist's new book "Empire of Sin," about the New Orleans underworld in the late 1800s to early 1900s. My latest column shows how J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI and his meddling into the Black Panthers inadvertently led to the creation of the Bloods and Crips.

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