CONTENTS

          Illustrations

          Preface to the Fourth Edition

          Acknowledgments

          Introduction

  1      SOWING THE SEEDS OF REVOLUTION

  2      TURNING AMERICA AGAINST THE SINS OF SLAVERY

  3      SLOWING THE MOMENTUM FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS

  4      ATTACKING MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION

  5      PUSHING AMERICA TOWARD AN INTERNATIONAL WAR

  6      ACHIEVING REFORM BY MUCKRAKING

  7      DEFYING THE KU KLUX KLAN

  8      SPREADING ANTI-SEMITISM VIA THE RADIO

  9      USING “ROSIE THE RIVETER” TO PROPEL WOMEN INTO THE WORKFORCE

10      STANDING TALL AGAINST JOSEPH MCCARTHY

11      PUSHING CIVIL RIGHTS ONTO THE NATIONAL AGENDA

12      BRINGING THE VIETNAM WAR INTO THE AMERICAN LIVING ROOM

13      EXPOSING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN RICHARD NIXON’S WHITE HOUSE

14      FAILING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WITH 9/11 COVERAGE

15      ELECTING AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT

16      SUPPORTING GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS

17      FOCUSING ON HOW

          Notes

          Bibliography

          Index