The Toxic Loophole Behind A Chemical Plant Disaster
In the years before the catastrophic BioLab chemical fire this week, chemical industry lobbyists fought to ensure disaster-prevention rules didn’t cover such facilities.
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MASTER PLAN Bonus: The Federalist Society’s “Pipeline For Power”
How the former campus law organization dug its claws into the federal judiciary.
Before Hurricane Helene, A Perfect Storm Of Climate Denialism
North Carolina was once a climate leader, but more than a decade of Republican and corporate obstruction left the state ill-prepared for the historic disaster.
MASTER PLAN, Ep 8: Shock And Awe At The Supreme Court
In a pivotal 12 months, the master planners transformed the judiciary, positioning it to deliver corruption-legalizing precedents.
Deadly Harvest: The Hidden Costs Of Your Filet-O-Fish
In one of the world’s most valuable fisheries, regulators with conflicts of interest are letting corporations off the hook.
LEVER WEEKLY: We're Looking For An Inside Man In Finance
Wall Street wants to regulate itself, and more from The Lever this week.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Good Regulators Come For Bad Medicine
Antimonopolists are coming for meddling drug middlemen and lousy landlords, the tide turns on overdoses, and carbon goes under the sea.
Is Harris’ Big Tent About To Burst?
Kamala Harris has built a coalition spanning from Dick Cheney to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — but is that setting her up for a rudderless presidency?
MASTER PLAN Bonus: The Other Memo
Lever Time producer Arjun Singh and investigative journalist David Daley discuss the other memo behind the conservative takeover of the courts.
The Master Plan Behind MASTER PLAN
The inside story of how we uncovered smoking-gun audio exposing the secret roots of Project 2025.