Automakers’ Electric Vehicle Lie
Corporations say they can’t meet auto workers’ demands while also transitioning to electric vehicles — but they just need to fork over the money.
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Critical coverage on the global financial system and domestic policies that shape the U.S. economy, with a focus on corporate wrongdoing.
LEVER TIME: Inside The U.S.-China War Over Clean Energy
If you care about climate change, it’s time to start thinking about nickel.
Automakers Hand Billions To Shareholders While Stiffing Workers
The Big Three car companies have authorized $5 billion in stock buybacks over the past year.
Billionaires Cash In On Abusive Farm Worker Scam
To staff their agricultural properties, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, and other tycoons are using a controversial visa program linked to labor abuses and human trafficking.
The Lobbying Surge Behind San Francisco’s Robo-Taxi Mayhem
Driverless taxi companies Cruise and Waymo wined and dined officials and landed a plum regulatory appointment before they scored free rein on San Francisco’s streets.
“Every Door You Open Ultimately Leads To Blackstone”
The Lever’s founder David Sirota is featured in a new docuseries scrutinizing one of the world’s most powerful billionaires
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.
Pharma Giant Threatens To Delay Drugs Over New Price Controls
A pharmaceutical company could slow-walk research on medicines Americans need in response to Biden’s recently enacted federal price regulations.
Trump Donors Get Bailout, Truckers Get Layoffs
In a trucking giant’s bankruptcy, workers and taxpayers get crushed, while a Trump-linked firm gets a government cushion.