Buzz Aldrin (who went to the Moon with Armstrong), Peter Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepherd, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John W. Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernanâ¦ and Harrison Schmitt - just twelve people have been to the Moon.
Muckrakers were investigative journalists who exposed corruption in business or government, or examined serious societal issues. Several of the most well-known muckrakers worked for McClureâs Magazine, where they wrote exposÃ©s on large companies, meat slaughtering houses, and city governments. These prominent and influential reporters included Ida M. Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, Upton Sinclair, and Ray Stannard Baker.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=â26476â³ img_size=âmediumâ][vc_column_text] The term âmuckrakerâ became popular in the early 1900s to describe reform-minded journalists who exposed social injustices and corrupt politicians. One of the first muckrakers, Julius Chambers, admitted himself into a mental institution to uncover the mistreatment of patients, leading to massive reforms for the mentally ill. Other muckrakers at the time [â¦]