Lincoln Steffens was an early American investigative journalist, lecturer, and political philosopher known for exposing urban political corruption and contributing to the tradition of investigative reporting. He and others of his generation were dubbed “muckrakers” by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt in what was meant to be an insult but instead became a badge of honor.
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