Lincoln Steffens: The Muckraker and His Reformist Legacy
Introduction The year was 1904. The air in America, a nation swelling with industrial might and burgeoning wealth, crackled with a sense of unease. Beneath the gleaming veneer of progress, a festering rot of corruption, greed, and blatant disregard for the common good was slowly poisoning the very foundations of democracy. It was in this … Read more