UNVARNISHED TRUTH AS A TOOL / FALL AND REDEMPTION OF MINNEAPOLIS / LÄÄNERANNA _ MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE 1903 / MEEZ 2026

In 1903, Steffens published an exposé about Minneapolis corruption. Public Domain

/.../ For Steffens and other muckrakers, journalism meant speking truth - not just to power but to one's own subscribers.

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Smithsonian magazine:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-journalist-took-corruption-used-tool-that-hadnt-been-used-much-american-history-unvarnished-truth-180988855/ 

When a Journalist Took on Corruption, He Used a Tool That Hadn't Been Used Much in American History: Unvarnished Truth 

Lincoln Steffens was a reporter so dogged that political party bosses called him "born crook that's gone straight:" He and his fellow muckrakers redefined modern journalism 

Jon Grinspan / Curator, political history, National Museum of American History

Summer 2026