YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Freight Trains Score Safety In Stereo
Plus, Maui fire survivors score vital aid, Amazon is forced to embrace its employees, and Congressional winds shift against corporate mergers.
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The New War Over Generic Drugs
Why are generic drugmakers fighting a plan to let them make more medicines?
SIROTA’S SIGNALS: Cheeseburgers vs. Water
Plus, a single graph explains Boeing’s crisis, Apple tries to censor its regulator, and Wall Street data debunks the GOP’s anti-ESG crusade.
The Supreme Court May Give Us Another 2008 Financial Crisis
A new case could decimate state-level consumer protections against predatory banking practices.
Big Oil Could Help Shipowner Avoid Liability For Bridge Collapse
The company linked to the Baltimore disaster aims to use a 173-year-old “Titanic Law” to avoid paying big damages — after fossil fuel and other industries lobbied to stop reforms.
LEVER WEEKLY: Cargo-Ship Catastrophes And Secret Police Slush Funds
From illegal activity at the shipping giant behind the Baltimore disaster to dark-money donations funding police weaponry, here’s all the news from The Lever this week.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Paid Vacation
Plus, big electric utilities face heat, decarbonization projects take off, feds crack down on corporate misconduct, and Biden’s new judge nominee is blasted for her hedge-fund past.
Hogan Pressed For Bigger Ships, Despite Safety Warnings
Maryland’s former governor-turned-Senate candidate championed mega-ships like the one that destroyed the Baltimore bridge.
The Police Have A Dark Money Slush Fund
Corporate interests are funneling far more money to law enforcement than previously known — often with scant oversight.
SIROTA’S SIGNALS: This Graph Explains The Discontent
Plus, a nonprofit health care system secretly becomes a debt collector, regulators may help you find cheaper credit cards, and Big Tech’s plan to keep preying on kids.