David Sirota

Founder/editor in chief, The Lever; Oscar nominated for DON'T LOOK UP; Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign speechwriter in 2020.

836 posts •

Health Care • 4 min read

Biden And Becerra Let Big Pharma Profiteer Off Cancer Drug

Rejecting cancer patients’ petition, the Biden administration refuses to use the power its HHS Secretary demanded Trump use.

Matthew Cunningham-Cook & David Sirota • 23 Mar 2023

Business • 3 min read

Bank overseers published a 2018 report with a major red flag about Silicon Valley Bank — and then they ignored it.

David Sirota & Julia Rock • 23 Mar 2023

National Politics • 3 min read

Less than two years later, Fed Chair Jerome Powell cited systemic risk as justification to protect Silicon Valley Bank’s depositors.

David Sirota & Julia Rock • 23 Mar 2023

National Politics • 5 min read

Months before Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, its D.C. advocacy groups said the FDIC initiative “would unduly burden banks.”

Julia Rock & David Sirota • 23 Mar 2023