LEVER WEEKLY: They’re Coming For Your Home
Corporate landlords are buying up homes and terrorizing tenants with junk fees and negligent maintenance, and other news from The Lever this week.
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: The Consumer Watchdog Catches A Break
Plus, sick leave is sticking around, Medicaid tackles climate change, criminal justice reform is helping communities, and another state aims to make Big Oil pay.
Could These Fraud Allegations Land Boeing In A Criminal Trial?
After aircraft failures and employee complaints, Boeing could face charges over two fatal crashes.
What Will It Take For Israel To End Its War?
Pulitzer Prize winner Nathan Thrall details life in the Gaza Strip and West Bank since Oct. 7 and explores what’s motivating Benjamin Netanyahu.
SIROTA’S SIGNALS: A Belated Admission About Bank Bailouts
Plus, a suicide crisis in college sports, and a graph that shows today’s legacy of the financial crisis.
Thanks To Wall Street, There Goes The Neighborhood
Lawmakers are targeting investors’ tightening grip on the single-family housing market, but a powerful new lobbying army is fighting back.
Landlords Are Charging You Junk Fees For Services That Screw You
Tenants are paying fees to have their credit scores lowered, among other dubious services.
LEVER WEEKLY: What Is Their Ultimate Goal?
From airline refunds to tenants’ collectives, people are taking control — here’s all the news from The Lever this week.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Your Constitutional Right To Affordable Meds
Plus, Hawaii prioritizes housing for residents, a tech company cuts off the police, and Vermont votes to make Big Oil pay.
Who’s Killing Your Independent Pharmacy?
As corporate pharmacy middlemen slash reimbursement fees to independent drugstores, local Illinois pharmacists push for legislative change.