What The Lever Published This Week:
Cloudy With A Chance Of Disaster
As climate change increases the likelihood of deadly landslides, cities like Juneau are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
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Big Auto And The Death Of Traffic Congestion Reform
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul reversed course and blocked congestion pricing at the last minute — months after taking more than $30,000 from state auto dealers.
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Big Food, Big Profits, Big Lies
While blaming inflation for rising prices, the country’s biggest food and restaurant companies are raking in billions and showering shareholders with payouts.
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Wall Street Is Making House Calls
Big Pharma and private equity are taking over the booming in-home care industry while pushing back against needed reforms.
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America’s Biggest Tax Scam May Finally End
On Lever Time, we look at TurboTax’s decades-long campaign to prevent the government from letting taxpayers file directly with them for free.
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Male Contraception For The Win
Plus, asthma inhalers get cheaper, public utilities tap a new clean energy source, free filing may take down TurboTax, and socially conscious investing gains traction.
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The Lever In The News:
- Longreads — The anthology of outstanding nonfiction storytelling named our story “Meet The New Kingpin” one of its top five picks of the week.
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- DealBook — The New York Times’ Thursday newsletter cited our reporting on growing landslide risks and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s stunning about-face on congestion pricing.
- The Young Turks — The online news show featured our reporting on how corporate greed is driving up food prices.
- Rolling Stone — The magazine republished our feature on what happens when climate change threatens to bury your home.
- Defector — The sports media outlet republished our story on how bowling has fallen into the jaws of private equity.
- Sweep The Rack Bowling Podcast — The “bowling world's best podcast” welcomes The Lever’s Amos Barshad to discuss how Bowlero is ruining bowling.
- 11th Frame — Bowling’s digital daily newspaper provides interesting background on ourBowlero story.
- Alaska Current — The nonprofit journalism collective republished our story “Cloudy With A Chance Of Disaster.”