Timeline.1909 January 9, 1909 Senator Robert M. La Follette Robert M. La Follette can refer to two United States politicians.
May 1909 Jane Addams Laura Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was a founder of the U.S. Settlement House Movement and the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. publishes "The Reaction of Moral Instruction Upon Social Reform" in La Follette's Weekly Magazine. 1914 February 1915 Belle Case La Follette Belle Case La Follette (April 21, 1859 – August 18, 1931) was a lawyer and a women's suffrage activist in Wisconsin, USA. La Follette worked with the women's peace party during World War I. editorializes on the suffrage movement. October 6, 1917 Robert La Follette La Fol·lette , Robert Marion 1855-1925. American politician and reformer who served as a U.S. senator from Wisconsin (1906-1925). In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for President on the Progressive Party ticket. opposes U.S. entry into World War I. 1919 June 1921 Helen Keller describes her life philosophy in La Follette's Weekly Magazine. 1924 February 1923 Representative George Huddleston This article is about the elder politician. For his son, see George Huddleston, Jr.. George Huddleston (November 11, 1869 - February 29, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, father of George Huddleston, Jr. editorializes on the plight of U.S. political prisoners being held under "war laws." June 18, 1925 Robert M. La Follette Sr. dies. 1929 December 1929 Belle Case La Fellette renames La Follette's Weekly as The Progressive. 1934 1939 January 1938 Upton Sinclair writes for The Progressive about the pernicious effects of advertising. December 1941 The Progressive, after advocating neutrality, supports U.S. entry into World War II once Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are many U.S. military installations, including the chief U.S. is attacked. 1944 October 1947 The Progressive suspends publication for three months because of economic difficulties. 1949 September 1948 The Progressive, revived by contributions from sub scribers, endorses Norman Thomas for President. 1954 April 1954 The Progressive publishes an expose of Senator Joseph McCarthy Noun 1. Joseph McCarthy - United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957) Joseph Raymond McCarthy, McCarthy and McCarthyism. The issue is read aloud in the U.S. Senate and helps prompt a reappraisal of McCarthy's tactics. It becomes the best-selling issue of The Progressive. 1959 May 1960 Martin Luther King Jr. writes for The Progressive on the student lunch-counter protests in the South. 1961 Morris Rubin, editor of The Progressive, wins the George Polk George Polk (17 October 1913, Fort Worth, Texas - May 1948) was an American journalist for CBS who disappeared in Greece and was found dead a few days later on Sunday May 16, 1948, shot at point-blank range in the back of the head, and with hands and feet tied. Award for his coverage of Latin America. December 1962 James Baldwin publishes "A Letter to My Nephew" in The Progressive. 1964 October 1963 The Progressive expresses early opposition to the Vietnam War Opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War began slowly and in small numbers in 1964 on various college campuses in the United States. This happened during a time of unprecedented student activism reinforced in numbers by the demographically significant baby boomers, but and suggests that the war will turn out to be a catastrophe. 1969 April 1970 The Progressive publishes a special Earth Day issue: "The Crisis of Survival." 1974 1973 Progressive contributor and subsequent editor Erwin Knoll is named to President Richard Nixon's "Enemies List." 1979 March 1979 The U.S. government sues The Progressive in an attempt to prevent publication of the article "The H-Bomb Secret: How We Got It--Why We're Telling It." A Milwaukee federal court issues a prior restraint Government prohibition of speech in advance of publication. One of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the freedom from prior restraint. order against The Progressive for seven months. 1984 May 1984 The Progressive publishes "Behind the Death Squads;' an expose of U.S. support for killers in El Salvador, by Allan Nairn. 1989 1990 Editor Erwin Knoll begins stint on the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour roundtable and speaks out against the first Gulf War. 1994 1996 The Progressive wins the George Polk Award for "Stunning Technology," a report on the electronic stun belt, by Anne-Marie Cusac. 1999 1997 Ruth Conniff becomes Washington Editor and appears regularly on CNN's Sunday Capital Gang. 2004 March 2001 Progressive columnist June Jordan writes "The Invisible People: Black Rage and the Stolen Election." September 2001 Thomas J. Nagy publishes "The Secret Behind the Sanctions," which reveals that the Pentagon knew in advance that sanctions on Iraq would cause epidemics. January 2002 Editor Matthew Rothschild writes on "The New McCarthyism." 2002-2003 The Progressive opposes George W. Bush's Iraq War. |
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