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The most prominent new leaders included Liberals Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George, whose influence brought a bundle of reform legislation that introduced the welfare state to Britain. Much of the popular and elite support for National Efficiency grew out of concern for Britain's military position, especially with respect to Germany.
Time 100 is a list of the top 100 most influential people, assembled by the American news magazine Time.First published in 1999 as the result of a debate among American academics, politicians, and journalists, the list is now a highly publicized annual event.
Croly was one of the founders of modern liberalism in the United States, especially through his books, essays and a highly influential magazine founded in 1914, The New Republic. In his 1914 book Progressive Democracy, Croly rejected the thesis that the liberal tradition in the United States was inhospitable to anti-capitalist alternatives.
In one-party states, the ruling party's leader (e.g. the General Secretary) is usually the de facto top leader of the state, though sometimes this leader also holds the presidency or premiership. In Andorra , Iran , and Vatican City ( Holy See ), a clergy member also acts as the head of state.
Samuel Gompers (1850–1924), labor leader, founder and first president of the American Federation of Labor; Jane Addams (1860–1935), social worker and activist; W.E.B. DuBois (1868–1963), Black leader [35] [better source needed] [dubious – discuss] William Monroe Trotter (1872–1934), civil rights leader and founder of the Boston ...
Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8, Brooklyn) – left caucus when elected House Minority Leader; Ed Markey (MA-5) – elected to Senate in 2013; Nancy Pelosi (CA-8) – left caucus when elected House Minority Leader; Jared Polis (CO-2) – elected Governor of Colorado in 2018; Hilda Solis (CA-32) – became Secretary of Labor in 2009
John Rawls (United States, 1921–2002) One of the most influential political philosophers of the 20th century, largely responsible for the rebirth of normative political philosophy. He argues for equal basic liberties, equality of opportunity, and facilitating the maximum benefit to the least advantaged members of society in any case where ...
The progressive movement enlisted support from both major parties and from minor parties as well. One leader, the Democratic William Jennings Bryan, had won both the Democratic Party and the Populist Party nominations in 1896. At the time, the great majority of other major leaders had been opposed to populism.