LEVER WEEKLY: The Misery Guru
From a self-help charlatan to a $140 billion-a-year Medicare Advantage scam, here’s a roundup of our reporting from the past week.
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LEVER WEEKLY: “Today’s Political Class Doesn’t Even Know What They Don’t Know.”
From missing inflation data to online mass surveillance, here’s a roundup of our reporting from the past week.
Medicare On Life Support
The nation’s most popular public health care program is under attack — so here’s what we need to do.
LEVER WEEKLY: “His Existence Literally Perpetuates Inequity.”
From dispatches from an American oligarchy to a sobering look at the U.S. masculinity crisis, here’s a roundup of our reporting from the past week.
For-Profit Power Is Courting Disaster
Electric companies are hurting customers and hastening the climate emergency — but that’s just business for investor-owned utilities.
What’s Behind Chicago’s Great Upsurge?
Chicago’s new Mayor Brandon Johnson rode into office on a decade of teacher organizing, proving a strong labor movement can deliver political results.
LEVER WEEKLY: Indoctrination Nation
How systematic school defunding and conservative opportunism have opened the door to propaganda machines preying on our country’s students.
Rail Unions Win Where Lawmakers Fall Short
Six months after the East Palestine derailment disaster, the only safety victory on our nation’s railroads came from workers.
What It’s Like When Private Equity Comes For You
A personal account of a Wall Street-fueled health insurance disaster.