Dems’ Old Formula Is A Big 2024 Risk
Dems’ are settling on the same playbook: shifting right, crushing a primary, and hoping demoralized voters are repulsed by the GOP.
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Coverage Without Compromise
In accepting this year’s Izzy Award, The Lever’s Andrew Perez highlights the importance of reader-supported adversarial journalism.
The Partisan Media Bubble Is The Problem
New data show 1 in 7 Americans are plugging themselves into the partisan propaganda machine, and rarely exposing themselves to inconvenient facts.
The Supreme Court’s Corrupt Rightward March
Justices are going about their work moving the country far to the right, as Clarence Thomas’ ethics scandal unfolds.
LEVER WEEKLY: An Exception To The Rule In Chicago
Brandon Johnson’s mayoral victory in Chicago proves that sometimes, passion and organizing can beat heaps of plutocrat cash.
LEVER WEEKLY: Banks Say Let Them Eat Interest Rate Hikes
The Federal Reserve is shielding banks from the interest rate hikes it’s inflicting on workers — and the banks couldn’t be happier.
LEVER WEEKLY: Too Small To Regulate, Now Too Big To Fail
Silicon Valley Bank shows how rules are instantly changed to protect the rich and powerful.
LEVER WEEKLY: Who Cleans The Billionaire Factory
America’s most vulnerable workers are doing hazardous work to help make private equity execs richer.
Shadowbanning An Inconvenient Truth
On rail safety, the partisan ghost is still haunting the media machine.
LEVER WEEKLY: Driving The Narrative
The Lever got the media to cover the real story behind the toxic train disaster in Ohio.