Meet The Saudi Lobbyist Targeting John Fetterman
A lobbyist-led super PAC just went on the air with attacks on Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman.
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Wall Street Is Behind Jackson’s Water Crisis
A major credit rating agency jacked up interest rates in Jackson, Mississippi, curtailing infrastructure investments in the years leading up to the city’s recent disaster.
Before Hurricane, Florida Republicans Helped Oil Donors Fight Climate Rules
They also voted against investments in climate resilience, weatherization, and flood mitigation.
Tackling The Housing Crisis With Public Power
Rhode Island is using COVID stimulus money to become a public housing developer — a monumental first step towards building a just housing delivery system.
This Michigan Primary Could Shape Gig Workers' Rights
One of the candidates, Haley Stevens, has a history of doing gig companies’ bidding and trying to quash worker protections.
Pritzker’s NRA Hospitality
As an assault weapons ban languished in his state’s legislature, Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker's family hotel chain reaped gun lobby cash.
Junk Science Is Being Used To Attack Trans Youth
In Florida and elsewhere, Republican lawmakers are using faulty research to deny young people access to vital gender-affirming care.
Hochul's Stadium Swindle
The New York governor’s billion-dollar subsidy deal for a new Buffalo Bills stadium could reward her husband — and is the latest example of the state squeezing the Seneca Nation.
LISTEN: How To Build A Third Party
On this week’s Lever Time, two third-party candidates explain how they won office by challenging the duopoly.
In California, A Secret Insurance Effort To Boost A Corporate Dem?
Ricardo Lara is fighting to keep his post as the state’s insurance watchdog, while critics say he’s benefiting from the industry he’s charged with regulating.