Muckraker

As a society we have seen more muckrakers emerge since Upton Sinclair than ever before. The Jungle was only the beginning of an exposé on the food industry that is still relevant today. Great writers and journalists continue to try and educate the public on just where their food is coming from. Michael Pollan presents the reader with his own work of food journalism in the form of Omnivore’s Dilemma, in which he defines industrial logic and how this idea motivates industry to produce the food we…

Disintegration of the USSR happened mainly because the late Soviet leadership renounced the very forces that forged the Soviet empire and that propped up Bolshevik government’s modus operandi since its inception. In 1917, the yoke of repression was heated by Lenin, and through 1953 cooked by Stalin in complete totalitarian fashion. Gorbachev, however, resolved to govern differently not realizing the policy contradictions that would ultimately lead to USSR’s demise. If Gorbachev were the same…

Reformers have always challenged the government in some way and during the Progressive Era their ideas were able to influence the U.S. on a national level. Women were quite determined to be treated rightfully and fought for many other social, economic, and political issues. The Progressive Era from 1900-1920 was a response to a multitude of injustices which were caused by rapid industrialization and urbanization. Many Americans were in fear of the economic and political power that the upper…

situation in which the worker’s life depends directly and immediately on the wages he makes. However, the gruesome details of the factories were the ones that left a lasting mark on the readers of the novel. For that Sinclair was painted as a muckraker, a word coined in reference to a character in Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, which was used to refer to those who worked to expose the dishonesty of big business and government (Harmon 356.) “‘I aimed at the public’s heart’ said Sinclair, ‘and by…

society and he says,“You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter... there was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth”(Twain, p.9). The Twain is kind of muckraker who exposes society’s problems by writing a book and he speaks about racist culture. In the other hand, Huck characters saw more superior than Jim character, however sometimes Huck treats Jim nicely and he begins to show sympathy toward Jim.…

To understand the emergence of the Populists and Progressives, it must be understood why these groups came to be. Increasing industrialization, urbanization and immigration were factors reshaping American society following reconstruction. The emergence of both Populists and Progressives was a response to a growing industrial economy that resulted in disparities between rich and poor, increasing social and political conflict. The solutions of the Populists and Progressives were varied however…

This third wave of moral panic was likely the most defined, individual-created panic as it used a select few stories to truly incite the cultural panic. Moral panics are generally promoted through the selection of a few stories, generally told by muckrakers, and Todd’s study using just those students who had dropped out achieved exactly that. Without looking deeply at the sample, seeing that more than 80% of any selection of children would rather work in factories than attend school easily…

Policies are the laws and ideas that shape and hold a country together. Presidents set and push these policies. Their policies define their administration. A president who goes against the status quo, against the presidents before him is sure to be remembered in the history books. Theodore Roosevelt as, the 26th president of the United States, had an administration that wen against all the norms of his time. As man determined to change America for the better, he set America on the global stage…

BACKGROUND AND BIO: Born in Ribe, Denmark of May 1849, Jacob Riis would pave the way in journalistic photography in displaying the social problems of his age. With only $40 and a locket, he boarded a steamship and made his way to a new future. Emigrating to the United States in 1870 was challenging, but he would have no clue the impact that he would leave. Upon arrival, he conducted a series of odd jobs: bricklayer, ironworker, salesman, farmer. This would give Riis a unique perspective on…

The jeering crowd roars as they strike. The meat packing industry is appalling; poisoned rats and tuberculosis infected steer are thrown into the quality meat. People call to end these horrendous practices. Upton Sinclair wrote, The Jungle, in response to the alleged horrors and intriguing claims. To prepare himself for informing the world, studied, lived, and breathed in the meat packing industry for several weeks. There were many people that thought badly of him and opposed his efforts,…