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.
4. Gary Webb. If theyâre lucky, a muckraker will find a great story that highlights abuse or corruption, theyâll publish it to widespread acclaim, and theyâll go down in history as a hero who stood up to those who keep us in chains. Gary Webb was not a lucky man.