YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Breaking News — Local Journalism Lives
Plus, a new court ruling could prevent a financial crisis, California curbs a corporate housing grab, and a ticketing conglomerate faces the music.
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Explore all of The Lever’s reporting that holds the powerful accountable.
The Lunch-Meat Mafia
An inside look at how a corrupt billionaire butcher family ended up controlling the country’s meat supply.
Meet The New Kingpin
With the rise of Bowlero, private equity has come for bowling — will your neighborhood alley ever be the same?
What Will It Take To Defeat Ticketmaster?
Would breaking up the Live Nation monopoly really improve an inequitable music industry?
How The Wolves Of K Street Ate America
In their new book The Wolves of K Street, Brody and Luke Mullins explore how corporate power came to dominate American politics.
A Corporate Poisoner Two-Steps Out Of Its Toxic Liability
A Koch-owned company is exploiting bankruptcy law to avoid responsibility for their asbestos assets and rewrite judicial precedent.
The Exxon Climate Scientist Who Couldn’t Clean Up Its Act
Amid accountability lawsuits and mounting public outcry, a prominent climate expert on ExxonMobil’s board is throwing in the towel.
LEVER WEEKLY: Full Metal Racket
Military contractors are scamming the government and shooting down accountability efforts, and other news from The Lever this week.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: A New Era For The Nation’s Grid
Plus, Big Oil gets hit for deceptive practices, environmental cleanup sites will become community hubs, and Minnesota shuts down prison gerrymandering.
Credit Card Companies Want To Keep You In Debt Forever
This week on Lever Time, a former Capital One employee gives us an inside look at the company’s manipulative tactics to keep you in debt.