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MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: The Muppet Christmas Carol (w/ Wren Mack)
The MVC team analyzes a zany adaptation of Charles Dickens’ iconic holiday story.
Larry Fink’s Big Climate Lie
Coverage of the BlackRock CEO offers an object lesson in how not to report on greenwashing.
LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Big Tech Is “Attention Fracking” Our Brains
David Sirota speaks with Princeton professor D. Graham Burnett about our weakened attention spans and the profit driven motive causing it.
Build Back B.S.
Labor activists say a scandal-plagued construction company is taking advantage of Biden’s climate plan.
LEVER WEEKLY: “When Do They Have Time To Be Judges?”
From billionaires bankrolling judges’ luxury trips to the politics of Israeli soccer hooligans, here’s a roundup of our reporting from the past week.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: White House To Slash Drug Prices
Plus, Google suffers a big antitrust defeat, New York’s private colleges could lose wasteful tax breaks, and Massachusetts says goodbye to natural gas.
Billionaires Are Bankrolling Judges’ Luxury Travel
Two deep-pocketed conservative organizations paid to send federal judges on 251 trips in 2021 and 2022 — far more than any other source.
LEVER TIME: How Big Oil Buys The News
David Sirota speaks with climate journalist Amy Westervelt about how the fossil fuel industry launders their image through the use of sponsored ‘advertorials.’
As The Climate Summit Closes, A Single Sentence Offers Hope
The Dubai climate conference may have handed activists a new tool.