Upton Sinclair's EPIC Campaign
http://www.thenation.com/article/upton-sinclairs-epic-campaign/
An article in The Nation about Sinclair's relatively successful campaign for the 1934, California gubernatorial race.
100 Years Later, The Food Industry is Still The Jungle
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/opinion/02tue4.html?_r=0
An opinion piece in the NY Times putting regulatory systems today in the context of Sinclair's novel.
Upton Sinclair
http://www.biography.com/people/upton-sinclair-9484897
Biographical Information about Sinclair on Biography.com.