Meet The New Kingpin
With the rise of Bowlero, private equity has come for bowling — will your neighborhood alley ever be the same?
Business
Critical coverage on the global financial system and domestic policies that shape the U.S. economy, with a focus on corporate wrongdoing.
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.
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.
Corporations Are Weaponizing Free Speech To Wreck The World
Companies are exploiting the First Amendment to undermine rules that protect consumers and deter corruption.
New Bipartisan Bill Allows Military Contractors To Fleece Taxpayers
After donating millions to key lawmakers, military contractors scored two provisions in an upcoming Pentagon funding bill allowing them to continue overcharging the government.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: The Consumer Watchdog Catches A Break
Plus, sick leave is sticking around, Medicaid tackles climate change, criminal justice reform is helping communities, and another state aims to make Big Oil pay.