Shadow Landlords Strike Back
Backed by real estate money, Gov. Kathy Hochul refused to make public the secret, problematic companies that own a wide swath of New York.
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LEVER TIME: The Wonk Attempting To Change Republican Economics
David Sirota sits down with analyst Oren Cass, who’s calling for a new brand of conservative economic policy.
Inside The Israel Lobby’s New $90 Million War Chest
Internal AIPAC materials reveal huge gifts from moguls — and the strategies lobbyists used to score the cash.
It Just Got More Expensive To Fight Corporate Abuse
You’ll now be forced to pay huge arbitration fees if you try to challenge corporate contracts.
LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Meta Wants Your Kids’ Data
On this week’s bonus episode of Lever Time, David Sirota explores how Meta is trying to protect the money it makes from harvesting children’s user data.
Obamacare Created Big Medicine
There’s a basic conflict of interest at the heart of American health care. We need to break up the industry to fix it.
LEVER WEEKLY: “FAA Should Not Have Ungrounded The Plane”
From more Boeing revelations to fossil fuel propaganda in schools, here’s all news from The Lever this week.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Emergency Aid Gets Accessible
Plus, cancer vaccines work, states aim to tax the rich, and a fossil fuel project gets delayed.
Allegations Of Cost Cutting, Safety Lapses, And Falsified Records Behind Boeing Plane Defects
The Lever has led national coverage on the safety problems, cost-cutting, dark money lobbying, and lax regulations at Boeing and its suppliers.
Will Biden Rescind Trump’s Boeing Immunity Deal?
If proven true, claims of safety problems and falsified records could breach a deal that shielded Boeing from prosecution after two deadly crashes.