LEVER WEEKLY: Cargo-Ship Catastrophes And Secret Police Slush Funds

What The Lever Published This Week:

• Feds Recently Hit Cargo Giant In Baltimore Disaster For Silencing Whistleblowers — Regulators cited Maersk for its “illegal policy” blocking employees from reporting safety concerns to the Coast Guard.

• The Police Have A Dark Money Slush Fund — Corporate interests are funneling far more money to law enforcement than previously known, often with scant oversight.

• This New Lawsuit Could Rescind Your Health Care Benefits — Right-wing federal appeal judges signal they support repeal of the no-cost preventive care mandate, all but guaranteeing a Supreme Court showdown.

• SIROTA’S SIGNALS: This Graph Explains The Discontent — Plus, a nonprofit health care system secretly becomes a debt collector, regulators may help you find cheaper credit cards, and Big Tech’s plan to keep preying on kids.

• YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Paid Vacation — Plus, big electric utilities get heat, decarbonization projects take off, feds crack down on corporate misconduct, and Biden’s new judge nominee is blasted for her hedge-fund past. 

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The Lever In The News:

• On The Media — The Lever’s Katya Schwenk appears on the NPR show On The Media to discuss why disasters are fertile ground for conspiracy theories.

• The Baltimore Sun — The Baltimore newspaper follows up on our report “Feds Recently Hit Cargo Giant In Baltimore Disaster For Silencing Whistleblowers.”

• Rolling Stone — The magazine covers our reporting on the Baltimore bridge disaster.

• The Young Turks — TYT discusses our coverage of the Baltimore bridge disaster.

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