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Before Bernie Sanders, there was Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair in an undated photo. (Charles E. Young Research Library/UCLA) Before Bernie Sanders, there was Upton Sinclair The muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair is best remembered for his 1906 book “The Jungle,” which exposed the grotesque conditions... See more

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Bachelor Of Arts, Anthropology, Journalism at University Of California, Santa CruzGraduated: 1999

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