The Progressive Era

Welcome back readers! Sorry I haven't posted anything lately, but let's get right into it.

The question I have been asked is "out of all the issues muckrakers focused on during The Progressive Era, what three issues do you believe still exist today?"

In no specific order, here are the three issues that I believe are the most pressing:


The first issue that I believe still exists today is farming monopolies. Large companies continue to buy smaller ones. The small farms grow so large where they end up using machines to do all of the work for them. The small farms don't make much money while the monopolies are getting almost all of it.

Another issue that I believe still exists today is oil monopolies. Although this issues has gotten better, it still exists. Like farm monopolies, the oil industry is controlled by only a few companies which are in charge of many small companies. Since only a couple companies control the industry, they can choose to raise or lower the prices at any time they want, and nobody can do a thing about it.

The final issues that I believe still exists is environmental protection. This can be answered in many different ways. Pollution and destruction are just two examples of this. Through the other issues I have talked about, they both include some sort of destruction or pollution to the environment. This happens much more than you think, and something needs to happen about it. Things have changed since this issue started, although it still continues to be a problem.

Thanks for reading, and I'll see you next time!