Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, which exposed hazardous working conditions in Chicago’s meatpacking plants, first appeared serially in a socialist newspaper before being published as a novel.
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Starting in 1950, as the fear of communist subversion spread throughout America, McCarthy launched hearings that were based on scant evidence and overblown charges.
While Lewis Hine’s early-20th century photographs of working children compelled Congress to limit or ban child labor, the US Department of Labor is now under fire for failing to enforce these laws.
A new book celebrates the long and rich history of investigative reporting in southern Africa, and highlights some hidden and forgotten gems.
South African investigative journalists and civil society played a crucial role in bringing a country in the clutches of patronage networks back from the brink.
A Swedish court decision means Julian Assange will remain confined to the Ecuadorean embassy in London. Like the muckrakers of old, he offends the powerful, but his journalistic cause is just.
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Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Literary & Narrative Journalism, School of the Arts & Media, UNSW
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Curator and Head of Special Collections and Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor Emeritus of Communication, American University School of Communication
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PhD Candidate in English Literature and Creative Writing, Queen's University, Ontario