One of the actions that progressives took to help the poor is highlighting the poor living conditions and exposing corruption which helped inspire legislation at the state and federal level aimed at correcting these ills. They demanded social reforms through demanding for social change such as through journalists
Indulgences
Hus opposed the sale of indulgences. Indulgences were documents of personal
forgiveness from the Pope which were sold for sometimes exorbitant prices
to raise funds for Crusades. he also called for preaching of the bible in all languages and also the giving of full communion to church members. In addition, he also called for higher morality among priests.