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Progressivism in the United States
- Orson WellesGeorge Orson Welles was born the 6th of May 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His father Richard Head Welles made a fortune inventing a bicycle lamp before…
- Woodrow WilsonIn 1856, a child named Woodrow Wilson stood near the front gate of his family's parsonage in Augusta, Georgia. He was three years old when he heard a…
- Rolling StoneJann Wenner borrowed seven thousand five hundred dollars from his family and the parents of his soon-to-be wife Jane Schindelheim to launch Rolling Stone in…
- Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann Herring was born in Oklahoma City on the 22nd of June 1949. Her family lived near the ragged edge of the middle class during her childhood…
- Salon.comDavid Talbot launched Salon.com in November 1995, emerging from the ashes of the San Francisco newspaper strike of 1994.
- Vox (website)Ezra Klein left The Washington Post in January 2014 to launch a new digital news venture. He brought along colleagues from his previous role at Wonkblog…