MASTER PLAN, Ep 1: Nixon’s Milk Money Prompts A Backlash
Master Plan’s first episode explores a scandal that inspired groundbreaking anti-corruption legislation — if only the reforms could have lasted.
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MASTER PLAN Is Here
Start listening to the untold story of a decades-long scheme to steal democracy.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: StubHub Gets A Ticket To Court
Plus, Google takes a hit, an electric utility compensates wildfire victims, homeowners get thousands to use less energy, and Ohio touches grass.
Will Harris Vibes Deliver Walz Policy?
The Democratic ticket offers vagueness, corporate ties, and now laudable prairie populism. What will the agenda actually be?
The American Roots Of The World’s Right-Wing Nationalism
On Lever Time, journalist Zack Beauchamp explains how an anti-democratic tradition that began in the U.S. has spread to right-wing governments around the world.
Are White Nationalists Behind The GOP’s Worker Surveillance Push?
A nonprofit with hate group ties is using a major GOP apparatus to push a controversial employee verification system to crush immigration.
Life After The Google-opoly
A federal judge ruled Google violated antitrust laws to maintain its search-engine monopoly — what happens now?
Is Tim Walz the Real Deal?
On Lever Time, we unpack the career of Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ choice for running mate, and explore how he managed to win over a divided Democratic Party.
Vance Backed Attempts To Gut Dozens of Biden Rules
The vice presidential pick attempted to kill a slate of government protections under an obscure federal law — hinting at the GOP’s corporate vision for the next presidency.
LEVER WEEKLY: When Big Oil Kills Your Family
Advocates are charging Big Oil for climate-related deaths, and more from The Lever this week.